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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 say binds the poor and gives the rich new power?
(a) The law.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Tribunals.

2. What does not arise when men become dependent on one another?
(a) Envy.
(b) War.
(c) Love.
(d) Inequality.

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

4. What power does Rousseau want the citizens of the cities to be able to do?
(a) To make their own laws.
(b) To live in peace.
(c) To live outside the city.
(d) To create their own art.

5. Who is Chapter 3 dedicated to?
(a) Rousseau's brother.
(b) Rousseau's ruler.
(c) Rousseau's mother.
(d) Rousseau's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the savage man constantly focuses on?

2. What type of government arises when inequality is the weakest?

3. What does the human owe many of their ideas to according to Rousseau?

4. How does Rousseau want to live his life?

5. What does Rousseau argue does not enter into consideration when a nation is formed by men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?

2. What happens as family grows?

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

4. What is fraught with challenges according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau desire about law and the people?

6. What are the two types of inequality among humans presented by Rousseau in Chapter 4?

7. What happens as men acquire more?

8. What does Rousseau argue about contemporary historical events?

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

10. What does philosophy do?

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