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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. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The clergy.
(c) The common people.
(d) The nobility.

2. What led to the priest's downfall as a priest?
(a) His admiration for 'the marital condition.'
(b) His passion for cards.
(c) A disreputable woman.
(d) His longing for secular knowledge.

3. How does Rousseau say selfishness is ever satisfied?
(a) It is never satisfied.
(b) It is satisfied in nationalism.
(c) It is satisfied with wealth and power.
(d) It is perfected in familial duty.

4. What does Rousseau say children are working within as they attain their strength?
(a) Their times.
(b) The spectrum of ancient knowledge.
(c) Their own range and mode.
(d) Their inherent innocence.

5. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?
(a) How much knowledge there is to acquire.
(b) How much sorrow there is in the world.
(c) How much money there is to be made.
(d) How much potential there is in man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?

2. How did the priest enter the clergy?

3. Why had the priest become a priest?

4. From what does Rousseau want to protect children?

5. What does Rousseau say about selfishness?

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