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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes use of human understanding, according to Rousseau?
(a) Law.
(b) Nature.
(c) Brain.
(d) Grammar.

2. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Old age.
(b) Animals.
(c) Money.
(d) Disease.

3. What was man's first feeling, according to Rousseau?
(a) Crying.
(b) Self preservation.
(c) His existense.
(d) His breath.

4. What is at conflict in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" that concerns Rousseau?
(a) Men's interests.
(b) Men's thought process.
(c) Men's behavior.
(d) Men's desires.

5. What cannot be uncovered about nature's inequality, according to Rousseau?
(a) The detriment.
(b) The result.
(c) The reason.
(d) The source.

6. How does Rousseau see the state of man in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Happy and natural.

7. According to Rousseau, what was life of man limited to before his interests grew?
(a) Family.
(b) Sensation.
(c) Survival.
(d) Reproduction.

8. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?
(a) He was rude.
(b) He pulled one over on his fellows.
(c) He was smart.
(d) He doesn't say anything about it.

9. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?
(a) Desire.
(b) Power.
(c) Greed.
(d) Modern depravity.

10. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?
(a) Ideas and senses.
(b) Fears and wants.
(c) Senses and fears.
(d) Ideas and desires.

11. What do men learn to repress as a result of jealousy, according to Rousseau?
(a) Their irrational emotions.
(b) Their heated emotions.
(c) Their overall emotions.
(d) Their natural emotions.

12. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?
(a) Desire.
(b) Anger.
(c) Instincts.
(d) Intelligence.

13. What does Rousseau believe divides a repressed man?
(a) Carnal and natural desire.
(b) Amore-propre and primitive emotions.
(c) Reflex and emotions.
(d) Instinct and reflex.

14. What grew when the family grew, according to Rousseau?
(a) Trust.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Maternal affection.
(d) Paternal affection.

15. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Foregoing features of primitive man.
(b) Finding power.
(c) Calling to the gods for help.
(d) How power came into existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT mentioned being a result of luxury?

2. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?

3. What was man's second feeling, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau think humans are called to in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

5. What did the rich become, according to Rousseau?

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