A Discourse on Inequality Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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A Discourse on Inequality Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 type of state is Rousseau interested in having?

2. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?

3. Which of the following does Rousseau NOT want the youth to seek?

4. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

5. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss how Rousseau views passions and sensation in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

2. 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".

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

4. Explain why Rousseau feels ignorance has been praised.

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

6. Describe what the interest of the chief of state should be for his individuals according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy".

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

8. What does Rousseau feel humans are called to, according "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

9. Discuss the public economy and its authority as described in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy".

10. What does Rousseay describe the "social man"as?

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

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

Describe and explain how morality's corruption does or does not destroy taste, according to Rousseau.

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