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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 does Rousseau say is the danger of books?
(a) That they will lead to false belief.
(b) That they will not educate the spirit.
(c) That they require one to read yet more books.
(d) That they do not all use the same meanings for words.

2. From what does Rousseau want to protect children?
(a) Fear of Hell.
(b) Fear of failure.
(c) Fear of embarrassment.
(d) Fear of hurt.

3. What does Rousseau explicate regarding selfishness?
(a) How it emerges naturally.
(b) How it is created by teachers.
(c) How it is sown by passions.
(d) How it is falling into laziness.

4. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?
(a) He believes it teaches students to feel their emotions.
(b) He believes it attunes students to spiritual perception.
(c) He believes it sharpens perception.
(d) He believes it suppresses disruptive emotions.

5. In what sense does Rousseau say that children have strength?
(a) They are strong because they do not have self-doubts.
(b) They are strong because they have not been exposed to evil yet.
(c) They are strong because they can understand tough concepts.
(d) They are strong when they are compared with other children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau urge people to avoid?

2. Whom does Rousseau address in Chapter 1, Book 3?

3. What does the field of epistemology concern itself with?

4. What balance does Rousseau try to strike in his child rearing?

5. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rousseau's experience of raising his children?

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

3. What does Rousseau say about the first 25 years of life?

4. What kind of behavior is Rousseau urging people to avoid?

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

6. Describe Rousseau's childhood and early career.

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

8. What does Rousseau say a child's first educational experience should be?

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

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

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