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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. How did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?
(a) Violently.
(b) Dispassionately.
(c) Affectionately.
(d) Gently.

2. Who should have the power in a family?
(a) God.
(b) The child.
(c) The nanny.
(d) The parents.

3. What kind of approach does Rousseau advocate for parents when their children are hurt?
(a) Drastic approach: take the child to a doctor immediately.
(b) Hands-off approach: let the child fend for himself.
(c) Moderate approach: let the child see that he will be all right.
(d) Punitive approach: punish the child for getting hurt.

4. 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.

5. How does Rousseau suggest we see childhood?
(a) As the goal for all men's development.
(b) As a stage in the man's development.
(c) As a time in itself.
(d) As a perfect state in itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what tone does Rousseau open Book 4 Chapter 1?

2. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?

3. What does Rousseau urge people to avoid?

4. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rousseau propose a "moderate approach" in responding to a child's injuries?

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

4. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?

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

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

7. How does Rousseau describe man's second birth?

8. What kind of strength does Rousseau want to engender in a child?

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

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

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