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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Rousseau believe government did NOT evolve from?
(a) Mindless ideas.
(b) Arbitrary power.
(c) Rich men.
(d) Gods and kings.
2. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) Modern time to prehistoric time.
(b) The modern man to the savage man.
(c) Governmental rule and religious rule.
(d) The modern woman to the savage man.
3. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?
(a) Weather.
(b) Society.
(c) Government.
(d) Nature.
4. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?
(a) Human rights.
(b) Natural right.
(c) Natural law.
(d) Human law.
5. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rousseau feel happens to the state as a result of luxury development?
2. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?
3. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?
4. What was the result of new tools being invented, according to Rousseau?
5. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?
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