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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?

2. How does Rousseau want to live and die?

3. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

4. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?

5. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Rousseau feels about luxury?

2. Describe what natural law is according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".

3. Compare and contrast the difference of amore-propre to philosophy according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

4. Explain how Rousseau wants people to recognize the authority of the State in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".

5. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how does slavery make man civilized?

6. Discuss what "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two" says about despotism role in inequality.

7. Describe how the arts and sciences have helped to repress our wickedness, according to Rousseau.

8. What are the effects of idleness on humanity, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

9. Why is there no benefit in man's private interest according to Rousseau in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

10. What is the general will composed of, according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Jean-Jacques Rousseau has difficulty treating the subject of the "restoration of the arts and sciences" and its effects on morality fairly in his "A Discourse on Inequality"? Discuss what gets in the way and how the results are contradictory.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Rousseau emphasizes a theme that 'man oppresses man' and how Rousseau feels man does so.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe how Rousseau viewed property rights in relation to humanity and the way humans interacted overall.

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