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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Book 2 : Chapter 1, Early Childhood.

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) Leave the child free but also structure its learning.
(c) Teach strict morals and free will.
(d) Be responsive but retain authority.

2. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Confine the child's body in order to bring its soul into alignment with reason.
(b) Care for children physically to allow them to perceive correctly.
(c) Care for the child's moral development above all.
(d) Mortify the body in order to focus the will on the world of the spirit.

3. When should children begin book learning, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) As soon as they can read.
(b) After they have had direct experience.
(c) As soon as they are walking.
(d) After they have learned to write.

4. What does the field of epistemology concern itself with?
(a) How we know what we know.
(b) The ideal forms behind the reality we experience.
(c) The realities behind the appearances we can see and measure.
(d) The study of correspondence.

5. What is most relevant in deciding how or whether to punish a child?
(a) The temperaments of the parent and the child.
(b) The circumstances and the context of the infraction.
(c) The rule or law at issue.
(d) The spiritual dangers of the issue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of the introduction suggest was the reason for the success of "Emile" as a book?

2. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?

3. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?

4. How was Rousseau rewarded for writing "Emile"?

5. How did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?

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