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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A gulf.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A universe.

2. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Desire.
(d) Love.

3. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?
(a) Natural right.
(b) Human rights.
(c) Human law.
(d) Natural law.

4. What does Rousseau feel differing forms of government result in?
(a) Different levels of inequality.
(b) Different outlooks.
(c) Different desires.
(d) Different motivators.

5. What does Rousseau think humans are called to in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) Perfection and wealth.
(b) Happiness and perfection.
(c) Perfection and stability.
(d) Happiness and wealth.

6. What does Rousseau believe helped man use nature?
(a) Natural reason.
(b) Free will.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Force.

7. What would make property rights equal?
(a) War.
(b) New government.
(c) New leadership.
(d) If human talents were equal.

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

9. What does Rousseau feel happens to the state as a result of luxury development?
(a) It grows greedy.
(b) It grows rich, but sometimes depopulates themselves.
(c) It grows poor.
(d) The quality of life increases.

10. What did men dwell on according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Wants.
(b) Needs.
(c) Love.
(d) Desire.

11. What led to government through a non moral process?
(a) The weak defeated themselves.
(b) The strong helped the weak.
(c) The strong opressed the weak.
(d) The weak ignored their control.

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

13. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?
(a) Fears and dreams.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Improvement of reason.
(d) Degeneration.

14. What does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?
(a) State inequalitry.
(b) National inequliaty.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) Personal inequality.

15. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?
(a) Slavery and misery.
(b) Freedom and instinct.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Freeedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?

2. According to Rousseau, what was life of man limited to before his interests grew?

3. How does Rousseau think the gods will react to people forming a more perfect union?

4. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?

5. What can society no longer exist on after luxury is introduced, according to Rousseau?

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