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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 civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
2. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
3. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?
4. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
5. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jean-Jacques Rousseau's earliest discourse discuss?
2. 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"?
3. 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"?
4. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two" describe how the rich man becomes rich.
5. Describe where patriotism must come from as discussed in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy".
6. In "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" what happens as a result of luxury?
7. 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".
8. Explain how Rousseau feels about knowledge as described in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".
9. According to Rousseau, how does science negatively affect the human population?
10. Describe what the interest of the chief of state should be for his individuals according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy".
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
Describe and analyze how luxury is a result of development and without development, luxury would not exist, according to Rousseau.
Essay Topic 3
The introduction of arts and sciences are meant to give freedom to men, but slavery was often a result from that knowledge. How do arts and sciences stifle man's liberty and cause them to love their slavery?
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