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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?
(a) Between the parent and child.
(b) In the savage and animal.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) In religious mediations.

3. What led to government through a non moral process?
(a) The strong helped the weak.
(b) The weak defeated themselves.
(c) The weak ignored their control.
(d) The strong opressed the weak.

4. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?
(a) Natural law.
(b) Human law.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Natural right.

5. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?
(a) Ideas and senses.
(b) Fears and wants.
(c) Ideas and desires.
(d) Senses and fears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at conflict in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" that concerns Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau feel happens to the state as a result of luxury development?

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

4. What makes use of human understanding, according to Rousseau?

5. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?

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