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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 want all individuals to have love for?

2. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

3. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?

4. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

5. What would make an artist sad according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the type of land Rousseau states he prefers to live in in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".

2. What is the main task of "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

3. How does Rousseau feel everyone could reach happiness according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

4. Explain how Rousseau feels about art's relationship to children.

5. Describe what type of person Rousseau wants to represent the State.

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

7. What were man's two first feelings according to Rousseau?

8. Explain why Rousseau believes it is difficult to discuss the effects that the arts and sciences have on society.

9. How does Rousseau feel speech and grammar became established?

10. 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".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the transition away from Europe's barbarism was detrimental to society, according to Rousseau.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain how Rousseau believes slavery can make people civilized. Discuss the transition of humans before and after the introduction of arts and sciences to their societies.

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