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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 does Rousseau say is cruel and unjust in a man's behavior?
(a) To give children up for adoption.
(b) To fail to ensure a woman's safety.
(c) To reduce woman to a spiritual symbol.
(d) To force a woman to raise children.

2. What kinds of skills does Rousseau say Sophy should have as a young woman?
(a) Skills she will no longer need as a wife.
(b) Diplomatic skills.
(c) Skills that will become talents in time.
(d) Skills that will be useful when she is a mother.

3. How much freedom do Emile and Sophy have in their courtship?
(a) They can walk alone together, but cannot touch.
(b) They have taken a vow not to sleep together before marriage.
(c) They are free to do as they like.
(d) They cannot touch, and they are always chaperoned.

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

5. Which impulse does Emile's father say Emile should be motivated by in his marriage?
(a) Love.
(b) Awe.
(c) Humility.
(d) Duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emile say he will need if he becomes independent of other men?

2. What kind of feeling does Rousseau want to create in Emile with regard to Sophy?

3. What does Rousseau warn against with regard to desire?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rousseau's perspective when he writes about sexual desire in Book 4, Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. What three forces does Rousseau say are involved in preparing Sophy for marriage?

6. What does Rousseau say about the conflict between the sexes?

7. To what does Rousseau attribute the differences between men and women?

8. How does Rousseau describe Sophy's parents' marriage as they consider finding a marriage for Sophy?

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

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

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