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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emile say he will need if he becomes independent of other men?

2. What kind of love does Emile's father recommend?

3. Where does Rousseau say a woman's status is highest?

4. What does the term 'lover' mean as Rousseau applies it to Emile and Sophy?

5. What harm does Rousseau say books can do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rousseau's perspective when he writes about sexual desire in Book 4, Chapter 3?

2. What does Rousseau say about travel?

3. What does Rousseau say is the ideal age for marrying?

4. Why does Rousseau aim to foster restraint in Emile?

5. Why did the priest become a priest?

6. What form of education does Rousseau imagine that will help Emile resist the possibility of corruption?

7. How does Rousseau describe Sophy's parents' marriage as they consider finding a marriage for Sophy?

8. What kind of contact is allowed between Emile and Sophy?

9. What does the priest urge Emile to do at the end of his discourse?

10. What is it that the priest says will allow Emile to return to his childhood religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Rousseau design the book "Emile" in order to avoid the dangers he attributes to books?

Essay Topic 2

Is there contradiction in Emile's learning to value ignorance, and Rousseau saying that the worst thing a woman can inflict on a man is ignorance about his paternity?

Essay Topic 3

How does Rousseau use the student's feelings against him? How does he try to guide or suppress the student's feelings?

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