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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?

2. What does nature tell humans?

3. What do men learn to repress as a result of jealousy, according to Rousseau?

4. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

5. What was the result of new tools being invented, according to Rousseau?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain the affect that human passion has on humanity according to Rousseau in "A Discourse on Inequality".

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast natural law to laws that operated in modern and older centuries.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe how Rousseau views the nature of pleasure and pain in human individuals and how they serve as a motivator in all humans.

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