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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 has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?

2. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?

4. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

5. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the general will composed of, according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

3. In "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" what illustration does Rousseau give to compare the modern man to the savage?

4. Describe the two types of inequality Rousseau sees in humans according to "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

5. Explain what Rousseau suggests about mankind's living quarters in their earliest stage.

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

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

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

9. According to Rousseau, how does science negatively affect the human population?

10. Explain how private persons have become slaves, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe and explain the affect that human passion has on humanity according to Rousseau in "A Discourse on Inequality".

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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