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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was man's second feeling, according to Rousseau?
(a) Self preservation.
(b) His breath.
(c) His existence.
(d) Crying.

2. What makes use of human understanding, according to Rousseau?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Nature.
(c) Law.
(d) Brain.

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

4. What happened as words grew in number?
(a) Speech.
(b) Cognition.
(c) Religion.
(d) Power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?

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

3. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

4. What does Rousseau believe government did NOT evolve from?

5. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?

(see the answer keys)

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