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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. 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 can understand tough concepts.
(c) They are strong when they are compared with other children.
(d) They are strong because they have not been exposed to evil yet.

2. What does Rousseau recommend mothers should give up?
(a) Foot binding.
(b) Books.
(c) Swaddling clothes.
(d) Breastfeeding.

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

4. What kind of strength does Rousseau say adolescents attain?
(a) Physical.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Moral.
(d) Emotional.

5. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?
(a) The common people.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The clergy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau say selfishness is ever satisfied?

2. Where does Rousseau say self-love is rooted?

3. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?

4. What does Rousseau explicate regarding selfishness?

5. What kind of mother does Rousseau address himself to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rousseau say that the adolescent is at the peak of his development and reasoning?

3. What is epistemology and how did it affect Rousseau's "Emile"?

4. Describe the motivational power Rousseau attributes to interest.

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

6. How does Rousseau answer the question about where babies come from?

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

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

9. How was "Emile" received?

10. What advice does Rousseau give mothers?

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