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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say man should study before he travels?
(a) His fellow man.
(b) The language of his destination.
(c) His own roots and surroundings.
(d) The history of the countries he travels to.

2. How does the exposition shift at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) The watchmaker takes over the discourse.
(b) Rousseau resumes the discourse.
(c) Rousseau interjects that he is leaving the discourse.
(d) The priest takes a threatening tone.

3. What does Rousseau recommend for Emile concerning sexual experience?
(a) He recommends he remain a virgin until marriage.
(b) He recommends he follow his own leanings.
(c) He recommends he gather experience before marriage.
(d) He recommends he enter the clerisy.

4. How has Emile come to feel about Sophy as Book 5, Chapter 3 begins?
(a) Ardent.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Devoted.
(d) Concupiscent.

5. Why is Emile assigned a task by his tutor?
(a) Because Sophy needs to know that she can rely on him.
(b) Because he is still immature, not ready for marriage emotionally.
(c) Because a man should not marry without a stable income.
(d) Because his training will be incomplete until he has lost something dear to him.

6. Where does Rousseau say a woman's status is highest?
(a) In the nursery as a mother.
(b) In any man's job.
(c) In the birthing room as a midwife.
(d) In a woman's job.

7. What does Rousseau say is the particular challenge for women?
(a) How to lead man to his own best interest.
(b) How to submit but also to stimulate.
(c) How to keep the house clean while taking care of children.
(d) How to rule without seeming to rule.

8. What is the worst thing a man can think about in regard to his child, according to Rousseau?
(a) Wondering whether it will succeed.
(b) Wondering whether it will be good.
(c) Wondering whether it will survive childhood.
(d) Wondering whether it is actually his.

9. How does Rousseau say Sophy should be able to take care of her children?
(a) Listening to their problems.
(b) Caring for their physical needs.
(c) Tending to their souls.
(d) Plotting out their education.

10. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.

11. How much freedom do Emile and Sophy have in their courtship?
(a) They have taken a vow not to sleep together before marriage.
(b) They are free to do as they like.
(c) They can walk alone together, but cannot touch.
(d) They cannot touch, and they are always chaperoned.

12. How is Book 5, Chapter 2 different from the previous chapters?
(a) It gives more detailed advice.
(b) It is theoretical again.
(c) It tells a long hypothetical story.
(d) It speaks frankly from Rousseau's life experience.

13. How long does Emile plan to travel for?
(a) A year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six weeks.

14. Why does woman submit to man, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Because of man's greater capacity for reason.
(b) Because of man's greater strength.
(c) Because of woman's tendency to irrationality.
(d) Because of woman's greater understanding.

15. What does Rousseau want Emile to respect in the relationship between men and women?
(a) The differences that men and women harbor.
(b) The spirit that animates men and women alike.
(c) The natural world in which men and women exist.
(d) The awe men and women can feel for the divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the priest enter the clergy?

2. What task does Emile's tutor assign, which he must complete before Emile can marry?

3. Why had the priest become a priest?

4. How does Rousseau characterize his times?

5. What condition does the priest impose on his advice?

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