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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 government did NOT evolve from?
(a) Rich men.
(b) Gods and kings.
(c) Arbitrary power.
(d) Mindless ideas.

2. What did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?
(a) Indulgence.
(b) Leisure.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Governing.

3. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?
(a) Lies.
(b) Gaining at others' expense.
(c) Illegal control.
(d) Governmental taxation.

5. What does Rousseau believe does not preserve one's liberty?
(a) Ignoring one's liberty.
(b) Alienation of one's liberty.
(c) Laughing at one's liberty.
(d) Using one's liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does amore-propre preserve?

2. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?

3. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?

4. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?

5. What does "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?

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