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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 value must Sophy's parents protect for her before she is married?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her innocence.
(c) Her social status.
(d) Her purity.

2. What does the priest say will happen to the errors that sowed a person's alienation from religion?
(a) They will be mended by returning.
(b) They will keep the faith pure of being followed too strictly.
(c) They will be incorporated as tenets of mature faith.
(d) They will season faith with self-preserving skepticism.

3. Who is at greatest risk in the courtship of Emile and Sophy?
(a) Sophy's family.
(b) Emile.
(c) Emile's family.
(d) Sophy.

4. What are Sophy's skills?
(a) She is an empathetic listener.
(b) She is well read in philosophy.
(c) She is a good cook.
(d) She is good with her hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age should Sophy's parents prepare her for marriage?

2. How does the priest describe the period after he left the church?

3. What did a career in the church offer the priest?

4. What will the principles the author recommends for Emile do for him?

5. How long does Emile plan to travel for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau say about how long man should retain his virginity?

3. Why does Rousseau aim to foster restraint in Emile?

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

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

6. What kind of religion does Rousseau urge on Emile?

7. What does Rousseau say about travel?

8. How does Emile react to the news that he and Sophy have to separate?

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

10. What does the priest describe of his background as he gives the discourse?

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