1. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) To discover the origin of inequality.
(b) To discuss the history of inequality.
(c) To discover origins.
(d) To compare and contrast equality vs inequality.

2. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their history.
(d) Their country.

3. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?
(a) Opposing interests,
(b) The same beliefs.
(c) The game goals.
(d) Opposing goals.

4. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Textbook writers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Historians.
(d) Kings.

5. What type of state is Rousseau interested in having?
(a) One that is poor.
(b) One that is uninterested by conquest.
(c) One that is interested by conquest.
(d) One that is powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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

3. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?

4. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?

5. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?

(see the answer key)

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