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

2. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) Religion.
(b) The arts.
(c) Engineering.
(d) The sciences.

3. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Luxury.

4. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) To discover origins.
(b) To compare and contrast equality vs inequality.
(c) To discover the origin of inequality.
(d) To discuss the history of inequality.

5. What created ethics according to Rousseau?
(a) Greed.
(b) Desire.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

3. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?

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

5. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Rousseau, how does science negatively affect the human population?

2. Explain what "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II" suggests cheapens virtue.

3. How did the arts and sciences directly effect France, according to Rousseau?

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

5. In "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One", what passion does Rousseau worry about and why?

6. Discuss what the results of growth of words had on society, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

7. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" how do Political Societies operate?

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

9. How does Rousseau feel about his fellow citizens according to "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

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

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