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Quiz for Primary Source 18.2: The Catechism of Health

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1. For which of the following does the catechism provide evidence?

The importance eighteenth-century people placed on maternal love

The distant and unemotional relationship between children and parents in the eighteenth century

The eighteenth-century emphasis on strictness and discipline in childrearing

The increase in illegitimacy rates in the eighteenth century

Correct. The answer is a. The author of the catechism insisted that an infant’s health depended on the “love and care of its mother” and that no other person was an acceptable substitute.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author of the catechism insisted that an infant’s health depended on the “love and care of its mother” and that no other person was an acceptable substitute.

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2. Which of these is recommended by the catechism?

Sending infants out to a wet nurse

Bathing infants in cold water once a day

Swaddling infants

Giving infants medicines to help them sleep

Correct. The answer is b. The catechism recommended that infants be kept clean and dry, get plenty of fresh air, and be “immersed in cold water every day.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. The catechism recommended that infants be kept clean and dry, get plenty of fresh air, and be “immersed in cold water every day.”

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3. Which of these might Faust have seen as the most important deficiency in the early childhood of Jacques-Louis Ménétra (see Primary Source 18.1)?

The absence of a loving mother

The absence of formal schooling

The neglect of religious instruction

The absence of tutors and other instructors

Correct. The answer is a. Faust believed that a mother’s love was the essential ingredient to producing a happy, healthy childhood. The early death of Ménétra’s mother and the decision to send him out to nurse would have been seen as significant problems by Faust.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Faust believed that a mother’s love was the essential ingredient to producing a happy, healthy childhood. The early death of Ménétra’s mother and the decision to send him out to nurse would have been seen as significant problems by Faust.