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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau suppose concerning men at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) They are fully developed.
(b) They know how to read.
(c) They are smart.
(d) They have the power to change things.

2. What does Rousseau encourage the youth to look forward to?
(a) Political power.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mild pleasures.

3. What type of democracy would Rousseau like?
(a) One without representatives.
(b) One that allows him to live peacefully.
(c) One where he is in charge.
(d) A bloated one.

4. What does the human owe many of their ideas to according to Rousseau?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Chance.
(c) Art.
(d) Speech.

5. What does natural sentiment lead to according to Rousseau?
(a) Respecting the law.
(b) Envy.
(c) War.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rousseau think language came from?

2. What does Rousseau say generates political distinction?

3. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to retain?

4. What is Rousseau using the dedication for?

5. What does Rousseau say are divided between amour-propre and primitive emotions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe about those who create property rights in Chapter 5?

2. What does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?

3. What are the two conclusions about inequality that Rousseau traces at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What does Rousseau discuss during his analysis of the metaphysical or moral side of man?

5. What is fraught with challenges according to Rousseau?

6. What does nature give man?

7. What do humans owe their ideas to, according to Rousseau?

8. What does Rousseau argue about humanity at the end of Chapter 3?

9. How does Rousseau proceed in his discussion on the state of nature?

10. How does Chapter 3 open?

(see the answer keys)

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