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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do humans owe many of their ideas to?
(a) The nature.
(b) Speech.
(c) God.
(d) Their ancestors.

2. 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) Money.
(b) Animals.
(c) Disease.
(d) Old age.

3. How does Rousseau think the gods will react to people forming a more perfect union?
(a) They will smile on them.
(b) They will teach them.
(c) They will curse them.
(d) They will bless them.

4. What does amore-propre preserve?
(a) The species.
(b) The greed.
(c) The desire.
(d) The nature.

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

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

7. 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 thought process.
(c) Men's interests.
(d) Men's desires.

8. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?
(a) Weather.
(b) Society.
(c) Nature.
(d) Government.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Finding power.
(d) Calling to the gods for help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

2. What led to government through a non moral process?

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

4. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?

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

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