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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rousseau say is wrong to think that because men have no natural sense of good that they must be wicked?
(a) Plato.
(b) Himself.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Hobbes.

2. Who should the law rule in Rousseau's perfect city?
(a) Everyone, but him.
(b) Only the rich.
(c) Only the poor.
(d) All.

3. What does Rousseau say men dwell on?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Wants.

4. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to submit to?
(a) His wisdom.
(b) France.
(c) Their ideals.
(d) The law.

5. What does Rousseau say of the needs and goals of the society compared to that of the government?
(a) The needs of the government trump the ones of the people.
(b) The people should require that his needs be taken into account.
(c) They are always the same.
(d) They might not be the same.

6. What is the first language of man according to Rousseau?
(a) French.
(b) Babylonian.
(c) Latin.
(d) Simple cry of nature.

7. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to retain?
(a) Their banks.
(b) Their right to ignore the law.
(c) Their democracy.
(d) Their art.

8. What does Rousseau say removes men from reality?
(a) Reflection.
(b) Art.
(c) Love.
(d) Knowledge.

9. What does Rousseau argue does not enter into consideration when a nation is formed by men?
(a) Fairness.
(b) Laws.
(c) Love.
(d) Equality.

10. Where does Rousseau think language came from?
(a) Interaction between parent and child.
(b) Necessity to warn others of danger.
(c) Necessity to pass knowledge.
(d) Interaction between clans.

11. Why do the rich produce the state according to Rousseau?
(a) They have much to lose.
(b) They need banks.
(c) They need to bind the poor with laws.
(d) They want power.

12. What has the power to disrupt society regularly?
(a) The law.
(b) A revolution.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

13. What kind of place would Rousseau have loved to be born?
(a) France.
(b) A place where he could work.
(c) A place where he can be the ruler.
(d) A place where people are equal in their job.

14. What follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?
(a) Machinery.
(b) Bread.
(c) Slavery and misery.
(d) The industrial revolution.

15. What would make the state decay according to Rousseau?
(a) Lack of trust.
(b) Money.
(c) Noblemen.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say of the process that makes men both wicked and sociable?

2. What does inequality of wealth and condition produce?

3. What does Rousseau claim people can look at to discover the current nature of humanity?

4. What does Rousseau say of the human animal?

5. What should be equal if talents are equal according to Rousseau?

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