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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 is Emile reminded to be, at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3, "Managing the Sexual Desires"?

2. What does the author offer to the reader of Book 4, Chapter 2?

3. What metaphor does the priest use for the man who returns to his religion?

4. Why is Emile assigned a task by his tutor?

5. What had the priest in "The Creed of a Savoyard Priest" chapter lost when he left priesthood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Rousseau say that the corruption of young grown men takes place?

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

9. What does Rousseau say is the ideal age for marrying?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Rousseau's book consistent with epistemological theories about knowledge coming from the senses? Does Rousseau design an education for Emile that is delivered through other channels? Use examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Is there contradiction in Emile's learning to value ignorance, and Rousseau saying that the worst thing a woman can inflict on a man is ignorance about his paternity?

Essay Topic 3

What are the central terms or concepts in Rousseau's "Emile"? Do they change over time? Are they constant?

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