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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say is the danger of books?
(a) That they will lead to false belief.
(b) That they will not educate the spirit.
(c) That they require one to read yet more books.
(d) That they do not all use the same meanings for words.

2. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?
(a) Threat of punishment.
(b) Promise of reward.
(c) Fear of humiliation
(d) Interest.

3. What was Rousseau's childhood household like?
(a) Loving and gentle.
(b) Cosmopolitan and literary.
(c) Violent and chaotic.
(d) Harsh and silent.

4. What is Rousseau's ideal for child rearing?
(a) Make children aware of their inner conflicts.
(b) Do away with inner conflicts.
(c) Instill self-reliance as the solution to inner conflicts.
(d) Instill obedience as the solution to inner conflicts.

5. How does Rousseau suggest we see childhood?
(a) As a perfect state in itself.
(b) As a time in itself.
(c) As the goal for all men's development.
(d) As a stage in the man's development.

Short Answer Questions

1. If someone published under his/her own name, what question did he/her confront?

2. From what does Rousseau want to protect children?

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

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

5. Whom does Rousseau address directly in the section on submission?

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