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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can society no longer exist on after luxury is introduced, according to Rousseau?
(a) Crops.
(b) Peaceful existence.
(c) Plants and acorns.
(d) Private income.

2. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?
(a) How they came to serve the weak.
(b) Why they do not serve the weak.
(c) Who serves the strong.
(d) Why they serve the weak.

3. According to Rousseau, what was life of man limited to before his interests grew?
(a) Family.
(b) Survival.
(c) Sensation.
(d) Reproduction.

4. What does "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?
(a) Results of inequality.
(b) Detriment.
(c) The outcome of equality.
(d) Political equality.

5. What does nature tell humans?
(a) Preserve his strength.
(b) Do good for himself.
(c) Be kind.
(d) Preserve the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe helped man use nature?

2. What does Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?

3. What is the final stage of maturation of inequality, according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?

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

5. What did men dwell on according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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