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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) Old age.
(c) Money.
(d) Disease.

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

3. When does Rousseau believe inequality came?
(a) When democracy was strongest.
(b) When democracy was weakest.
(c) When people desire power.
(d) When people noticed power.

4. What did the poor become, according to Rousseau?
(a) Moral.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Rude.

5. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?
(a) Between mom and child.
(b) Out of necessity.
(c) Between dad and child.
(d) The property phenomenon.

6. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?
(a) Why they serve the weak.
(b) Who serves the strong.
(c) How they came to serve the weak.
(d) Why they do not serve the weak.

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

8. According to Rousseau, what is the outcome of man's labor?
(a) More resources.
(b) More greed.
(c) Continual suffrage.
(d) Nothing.

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

10. What leads to sex for man, according to Rousseau?
(a) Lust.
(b) Love.
(c) Carnal desire.
(d) Natural sentiment.

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

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

13. According to Rousseau, what was life of man limited to before his interests grew?
(a) Reproduction.
(b) Survival.
(c) Sensation.
(d) Family.

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

15. What happened as words grew in number?
(a) Religion.
(b) Speech.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would make property rights equal?

2. What was man's first feeling, according to Rousseau?

3. What did the rich become, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?

5. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?

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