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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many natural principles does Rousseau see in humanity at the end of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Needed.
(b) Good.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Evil.

3. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Many civilizations believe that science arose from an enemy of humanity.
(b) Many civilizations believe that art arose from an enemy of humanity.
(c) That the arts are corrupt.
(d) That the government is corrupt.

4. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?
(a) Equality.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Increased slavery.

5. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?
(a) The progress of arts and sciences.
(b) The progress of art.
(c) Wars.
(d) Government contol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of government worries Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?

3. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how were humans more secure in earlier societies?

4. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?

5. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" what happens as a result of luxury?

2. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two" describe how the rich man becomes rich.

3. Compare and contrast the difference of amore-propre to philosophy according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

4. Explain how the revival of the arts and sciences affected society according to Rousseau in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I".

5. Describe how Rousseau views the impact the size of a society has on determining an individual's motives.

6. Discuss Rousseau's opinion on taxation.

7. What does Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II" think an artist's greatest compensation is?

8. How does economic inequality evolve according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?

9. What does Rousseau feel humans are called to, according "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

10. What does Jean-Jacques Rousseau's earliest discourse discuss?

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