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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 men dwell on?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Power.
(c) Wants.
(d) Love.

2. According to Rousseau, who is forced to follow what men are doing?
(a) Other countries.
(b) Their spouses.
(c) Their neighbor.
(d) Their children.

3. What did the man who invented property rights found according to Rousseau in Chapter 5?
(a) Society.
(b) Law school.
(c) Banks.
(d) Tribunals.

4. What type of government is Rousseau concerned about in Chapter 3?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Republican.
(d) Monarchy.

5. What does Rousseau conclude social and political inequality is not?
(a) The way it is.
(b) Just.
(c) Lawful.
(d) Nature of man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say removes men from reality?

2. Who does Rousseau say does not exhibit conditions to the same degree as modern man?

3. What does natural sentiment lead to according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau say generates political distinction?

5. Whose view does Rousseau say is wrong concerning the state of nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when we give up liberty?

2. What does Rousseau begin by supposing in Chapter 4?

3. What natural enemies does man have, according to Rousseau?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens as men acquire more?

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

10. What does Rousseau argue about contemporary historical events?

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