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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

9. What is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?
(a) Love.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Passions.

10. What did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?
(a) Indulgence.
(b) Leisure.
(c) Governing.
(d) Pleasure.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads to sex for man, according to Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau believe does not preserve one's liberty?

3. When does Rousseau believe inequality came?

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

5. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?

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