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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Animals.
(b) Disease.
(c) Old age.
(d) Money.

2. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?
(a) In the savage and animal.
(b) Through prayer.
(c) In religious mediations.
(d) Between the parent and child.

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

5. What was the result of new tools being invented, according to Rousseau?
(a) Men's interests began to coincide.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Violence and death.
(d) Men's interests began to conflict.

6. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?
(a) The country.
(b) China.
(c) The West.
(d) Cities.

7. What grew when the family grew, according to Rousseau?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Trust.
(c) Maternal affection.
(d) Paternal affection.

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

9. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?
(a) Arts and sciences.
(b) Self preservation.
(c) Self knowledge.
(d) Survival.

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

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

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

13. How does Rousseau see the state of man in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Happy and natural.
(c) Unnatural.
(d) Chaotic.

14. What does "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?
(a) Detriment.
(b) Political equality.
(c) The outcome of equality.
(d) Results of inequality.

15. What is at conflict in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" that concerns Rousseau?
(a) Men's behavior.
(b) Men's desires.
(c) Men's interests.
(d) Men's thought process.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final stage of maturation of inequality, according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?

2. What did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?

3. What does amore-propre preserve?

4. What does Rousseau believe divides a repressed man?

5. Which of the following was NOT mentioned being a result of luxury?

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