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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What cannot be uncovered about nature's inequality, according to Rousseau?
(a) The result.
(b) The detriment.
(c) The reason.
(d) The source.

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

5. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) How power came into existence.
(b) Foregoing features of primitive man.
(c) Calling to the gods for help.
(d) Finding power.

6. What does Rousseau believe government did NOT evolve from?
(a) Arbitrary power.
(b) Mindless ideas.
(c) Rich men.
(d) Gods and kings.

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

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

9. 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) Denial over all.
(c) Egotism.
(d) More pain than pleasure.

10. What makes use of human understanding, according to Rousseau?
(a) Law.
(b) Nature.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Brain.

11. What does nature tell humans?
(a) Do good for himself.
(b) Preserve the land.
(c) Be kind.
(d) Preserve his strength.

12. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) The modern woman to the savage man.
(b) Governmental rule and religious rule.
(c) Modern time to prehistoric time.
(d) The modern man to the savage man.

13. What did the rich become, according to Rousseau?
(a) Rude.
(b) Harsh.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Usurpers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?

4. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?

5. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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