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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 would make an artist sad according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
2. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
3. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
4. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?
5. What did Rousseau believe created physics?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss what the results of growth of words had on society, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".
2. What does Rousseau argue government came from?
3. How did the arts and sciences directly effect France, according to Rousseau?
4. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two" describe how the rich man becomes rich.
5. According to Rousseau, how is it a paradox that the government makes man both free and subjects?
6. How does economic inequality evolve according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?
7. Describe how the arts and sciences have helped to repress our wickedness, according to Rousseau.
8. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how does slavery make man civilized?
9. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" how do Political Societies operate?
10. How does Rousseau respond to the lack of direct evidence about man's nature state?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast natural law to laws that operated in modern and older centuries.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and describe how Rousseau believes individual talent leads to inequality which ultimately "cheapens" one's virtue.
Essay Topic 3
Describe and explain the affect that human passion has on humanity according to Rousseau in "A Discourse on Inequality".
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