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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. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?
(a) The same beliefs.
(b) Opposing interests,
(c) The game goals.
(d) Opposing goals.

2. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?
(a) With passion.
(b) Men were ignorant to it.
(c) Men ignored it.
(d) Men had a rude but natural morality.

3. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
(a) Where everyone is equal.
(b) Where no man is equal.
(c) Where no art exists.
(d) Where he can live freely.

4. What does Rousseau believe happens with the more a human knows?
(a) More time to discuss topics.
(b) Less time for mischief.
(c) More time to want greed.
(d) More time for mischief.

5. How do modern centuries see natural law?
(a) Understood rules.
(b) Rules.
(c) Accepted societal behavior.
(d) Rules given to men, given to themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

2. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?

3. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

4. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?

5. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how does slavery make man civilized?

2. What does Rousseay describe the "social man"as?

3. What is the main task of "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

4. Why is there no benefit in man's private interest according to Rousseau in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

5. How did the introduction of art affect men according to Rousseau in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

6. 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".

7. What is the general will composed of, according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

8. Where does Rousseau believe many civilizations believe science arose from according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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

10. Describe how Rousseau feels society can become despotic.

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