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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. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?
(a) The common people.
(b) The clergy.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The nobility.
2. Where does Rousseau say self-love is rooted?
(a) In self-awareness and natural affection.
(b) In stifling education.
(c) In excessive desire.
(d) In fear of the world.
3. What change does a man experience at his second birth?
(a) The ability to hold complex ideas.
(b) The ability to reason.
(c) Sexual desire.
(d) Facial hair and a deeper voice.
4. What does Rousseau say changes the effects of women on young men?
(a) Love poetry.
(b) Violent rages.
(c) Hormonal flushes.
(d) Existential despair.
5. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Rear their children near their schools.
(b) Rear their children in the country.
(c) Never let the children outside.
(d) Hire a nanny for the child.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?
2. What does the adolescent's strength allow him to do?
3. What argument does Rousseau use to support his emphasis on the need for physical activity in children?
4. What innate ability allows a child to exceed his limits?
5. What kind of strength does Rousseau say adolescents attain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Rousseau's experience of raising his children?
2. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
3. What kind of strength does Rousseau want to engender in a child?
4. How does Rousseau say a child can be managed without interest?
5. What kind of behavior is Rousseau urging people to avoid?
6. What does Rousseau say has a corrupting effect on men?
7. According to Rousseau, what allows a child to find the extra ability that allows him to grow?
8. What does Rousseau mean when he says that he wants children to learn ignorance?
9. Describe Rousseau's childhood and early career.
10. Why does Rousseau assert the need for honesty with respect to Emile, the student?
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