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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 Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?

2. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?

3. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?

4. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

5. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II" suggests cheapens virtue.

2. Discuss Rousseau's opinion on taxation.

3. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" how do Political Societies operate?

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

5. Where does Rousseau believe many civilizations believe science arose from according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

6. In "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" what happens as a result of luxury?

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

8. Explain how the revival of the arts and sciences affected society according to Rousseau in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I".

9. How should people with great talent behave, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

10. Describe how Rousseau views the impact the size of a society has on determining an individual's motives.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the motif that knowledge is a tragedy in "A Discourse on Inequality" and why Rousseau reasons so.

Essay Topic 2

Explain and analyze how speech is a "cry of nature" and how Rousseau feels speech evolved.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze how luxury is a result of development and without development, luxury would not exist, according to Rousseau.

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