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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Book 4 : Chapter 2, The Creed of a Savoyard Priest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What balance does Rousseau try to strike in his child rearing?
(a) Create an obedient child without making him hate you.
(b) Teach strict morals and free will.
(c) Leave the child free but also structure its learning.
(d) Be responsive but retain authority.

2. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?
(a) He believes it sharpens perception.
(b) He believes it teaches students to feel their emotions.
(c) He believes it attunes students to spiritual perception.
(d) He believes it suppresses disruptive emotions.

3. What does Rousseau say about selfishness?
(a) That it is a stage everyone passes through.
(b) That it is the last stage of a man's growth.
(c) That it is a beast.
(d) That it is healthy and natural.

4. What does Rousseau say about the first 25 years of a man's life?
(a) They are the heart of a man's character.
(b) They have nothing to do with the next 25 years.
(c) They go quickly.
(d) That few people survive them.

5. Whom does Rousseau address directly in the section on submission?
(a) Gentlemen.
(b) Clergy.
(c) Tutors.
(d) Mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rousseau's ideal for child rearing?

2. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?

3. How did the priest enter the clergy?

4. Where did the priest find that philosophers were exceptional?

5. What argument does Rousseau use to support his emphasis on the need for physical activity in children?

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