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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?
(a) How much sorrow there is in the world.
(b) How much potential there is in man.
(c) How much money there is to be made.
(d) How much knowledge there is to acquire.

2. What does Rousseau say an adolescent's new powers and experiences cause him or her to do?
(a) Speak with new authority.
(b) Chafe against constraints.
(c) Discover new laws.
(d) Submit to authorities.

3. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
(a) The tension between needs and desires on one hand and social conformity on the other.
(b) The tension between free will on one hand and limitation on the other.
(c) The tension between morality of the body on one hand and immortality of works on the other.
(d) The tension between physical existence on one hand and spiritual existence on the other.

4. What is it that allows an adolescent to exceed his limits?
(a) A strength that he did not know he had.
(b) A strength he assumes by strict physical training.
(c) A strength he attains as the reward for competition against his peers.
(d) A strength that had always been there, unused.

5. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?
(a) Love of virtue.
(b) Earnestness.
(c) Cleverness.
(d) Deceitfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau suggest telling students about where babies come from?

2. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?

3. What change does a man experience at his second birth?

4. What was the dominant idea in Europe when Rousseau wrote "Emile"?

5. When does Rousseau say manhood begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rousseau say is the purpose of education?

2. Why does Rousseau say that it is vital, when relating to a child, to be responsive while yet retaining authority?

3. How does Rousseau contrast book learning and experiential learning?

4. What does Rousseau say are the dangers of libertinism?

5. What does Rousseau say about man's inherent moral nature?

6. Why does Rousseau assert the need for honesty with respect to Emile, the student?

7. How did Rousseau break with tradition when he published "Emile"?

8. How does Rousseau say that ignorance helps perception?

9. What does Rousseau say has a corrupting effect on men?

10. Describe Rousseau's childhood and early career.

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