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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 task does Emile's tutor assign, which he must complete before Emile can marry?
(a) Emile must make a lot of money.
(b) Emile must go away and make himself worthy.
(c) Emile must complete his apprenticeship.
(d) Emile must know other women.

2. How does Rousseau recommend a man gain knowledge of different nations?
(a) By knowing a sufficient number of their members.
(b) By reading as many books as possible.
(c) By traveling there for a year.
(d) By traveling there for at least a month.

3. What subject does the author address in Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Morality.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

4. Why had the priest become a priest?
(a) He had wandered the world until he heard a calling.
(b) His parents had seen it as a good career.
(c) He had been raised in a church orphanage.
(d) He had to choose between the church and the military.

5. What is the purpose of Sophy in the education Rousseau is designing for Emile?
(a) To lead him on with the promise of consummation.
(b) To help him resist corruption.
(c) To distract him from spiritual things.
(d) To fire him with burning desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the differences between men's and women's roles originate, in Rousseau's opinion?

2. Why does Sophy fend Emile off during their courtship?

3. What does the priest say will happen to the errors that sowed a person's alienation from religion?

4. Where does Rousseau say a woman's status is highest?

5. What does Rousseau call democracy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the priest urge Emile to do at the end of his discourse?

2. What does Rousseau say about travel?

3. What does Rousseau say about when Emile should be married?

4. What does Rousseau say about democracy?

5. What form of education does Rousseau imagine that will help Emile resist the possibility of corruption?

6. Why does Emile's mentor informs Emile that he needs to go apart from Sophy and make himself worthy of her as a husband?

7. What does Rousseau say is the ideal age for marrying?

8. How does the priest describe the reconciliation when someone returns to his or her childhood religion?

9. What does Rousseau say about how much Emile should be worked, and how he should be worked?

10. What kind of contact is allowed between Emile and Sophy?

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