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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 democracy was strongest.
(d) When people desire power.

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

3. What is the final stage of maturation of inequality, according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?
(a) Despotism.
(b) Ego.
(c) Desire.
(d) Talent.

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

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

6. What was man's second feeling, according to Rousseau?
(a) His existence.
(b) Crying.
(c) His breath.
(d) Self preservation.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which of the following was NOT mentioned being a result of luxury?
(a) Commerce.
(b) Mechanical arts.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Letters.

13. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?
(a) Modern depravity.
(b) Desire.
(c) Power.
(d) Greed.

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

15. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?
(a) Anger.
(b) Desire.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Instincts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What cannot be uncovered about nature's inequality, according to Rousseau?

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

4. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?

5. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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