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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. What did a career in the church offer the priest?
2. What does the author offer to the reader of Book 4, Chapter 2?
3. What had the priest in "The Creed of a Savoyard Priest" chapter lost when he left priesthood?
4. What is Sophy like before she becomes Emile's ideal wife?
5. Where does Rousseau say a woman's status is highest?
Short Essay Questions
1. What three forces does Rousseau say are involved in preparing Sophy for marriage?
2. What is Rousseau's perspective when he writes about sexual desire in Book 4, Chapter 3?
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. How does Rousseau describe Sophy's parents' marriage as they consider finding a marriage for Sophy?
5. What does Rousseau say about democracy?
6. What skills in particular does Rousseau say Sophy should possess?
7. What is it that the priest says will allow Emile to return to his childhood religion?
8. Why did the priest become a priest?
9. What does Rousseau say about men's and women's proper role and temperament?
10. What kind of contact is allowed between Emile and Sophy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a book review of "Emile". What does it set out to do, and how does it accomplish that goal? Is it successful? IS it still relevant today, aside from having historical meaning?
Essay Topic 2
How does Rousseau's priest propose to reconcile the doubter with his childhood religion? Is this method consistent with other advice Rousseau gives? Doesn't it stifle the individual's liberty, or is there a transcendent logic by which returning to the religion one doubted makes sense?
Essay Topic 3
What is the relationship between Emile and Rousseau? Would Emile's education be a success or a failure if he ended up writing a book like "Emile"? Is the book intended to prevent him from having to write a book of his own?
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