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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

2. According to Rousseau, what is the outcome of man's labor?

3. What is the final stage of maturation of inequality, according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?

4. What does nature tell humans?

5. When does Rousseau believe inequality came?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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