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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Rousseau change his stance about marriage as Book 4, Chapter 3 goes on?
2. How does Rousseau recommend a man gain knowledge of different nations?
3. How can woman exercise cruelty in her turn, in Rousseau's opinion?
4. How does the priest describe the period after he left the church?
5. What kind of feeling does Rousseau want to create in Emile with regard to Sophy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What form of education does Rousseau imagine that will help Emile resist the possibility of corruption?
2. How does Emile react to the news that he and Sophy have to separate?
3. Why does Emile's mentor informs Emile that he needs to go apart from Sophy and make himself worthy of her as a husband?
4. What does Rousseau say about how long man should retain his virginity?
5. What does Emile's father tell Emile about sexual fidelity in men and women?
6. What three forces does Rousseau say are involved in preparing Sophy for marriage?
7. What does Rousseau say is the ideal age for marrying?
8. To what does Rousseau attribute the differences between men and women?
9. What does the priest urge Emile to do at the end of his discourse?
10. What does Rousseau say about how much Emile should be worked, and how he should be worked?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the central terms or concepts in Rousseau's "Emile"? Do they change over time? Are they constant?
Essay Topic 2
How is "Emile" a product of its times? How is it a revolutionary book that changed the course of literature?
Essay Topic 3
Do you think that it is better for childhood to be seen as a time in itself, which can be perfected in an education designed specifically for children, or is childhood a stage in the development of the adult, so that education should be designed to turn the child into a more mature version of itself?
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