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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?
(a) Wealth and beauty.
(b) Beauty and talent.
(c) Wealth only.
(d) Beauty and wealth.

2. What does Rousseau believe man's current state has more of in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) More pain than pleasure.
(b) Egotism.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Denial over all.

3. Which of the following was NOT mentioned being a result of luxury?
(a) Letters.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Mechanical arts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?

3. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?

4. What cannot be uncovered about nature's inequality, according to Rousseau?

5. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?

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