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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did men dwell on according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Needs.
(b) Wants.
(c) Desire.
(d) Love.

4. What would make property rights equal?
(a) New government.
(b) War.
(c) New leadership.
(d) If human talents were equal.

5. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?
(a) He was smart.
(b) He pulled one over on his fellows.
(c) He was rude.
(d) He doesn't say anything about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau see the state of man in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

2. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?

3. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?

4. What grew when the family grew, according to Rousseau?

5. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?

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