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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 has Emile come to feel about Sophy as Book 5, Chapter 3 begins?
(a) Devoted.
(b) Ardent.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Concupiscent.

2. What does the term 'lover' mean as Rousseau applies it to Emile and Sophy?
(a) They are considering marrying.
(b) They have already consummated their relationship.
(c) They are engaged.
(d) They are pregnant.

3. What topic does Rousseau treat at the end of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Disease.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sexuality.

4. What does Emile say he will need if he becomes independent of other men?
(a) Family.
(b) Steady work.
(c) Nature.
(d) Money.

5. What does Rousseau describe as an influence on the differentiation between nations?
(a) Microclimates and fisheries.
(b) Breeding and migrations.
(c) Wars and crafts.
(d) Geography and oceanography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What harm does Rousseau say books can do?

2. How does Emile feel when his tutor assigns him the task that must be completed before he can marry?

3. What is the subject of Book 5, Chapter 2?

4. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?

5. What kind of religion does Rousseau urge upon Emile?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is it that the priest says will allow Emile to return to his childhood religion?

3. How does the priest describe his feelings about leaving the church?

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

5. What skills in particular does Rousseau say Sophy should possess?

6. Why did the priest become a priest?

7. How does Rousseau describe Sophy's talents?

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

9. What does Rousseau say about travel?

10. What does Rousseau say about democracy?

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