The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau Test | Final Test - Medium

Roger Masters
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The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau Test | Final Test - Medium

Roger Masters
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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 removes men from reality?
(a) Reflection.
(b) Art.
(c) Love.
(d) Knowledge.

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

3. Who does Rousseau say does not exhibit conditions to the same degree as modern man?
(a) Children.
(b) Savages.
(c) Women.
(d) Ancient men.

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

5. What does Rousseau say about the interests of the ruler and the people in the perfect city he would choose as birthplace?
(a) They are different.
(b) They are united.
(c) The interests of the ruler are more important.
(d) The interests of the people are more important.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau say would have been prevented if someone called on the lies of the man who invented property rights?

3. Who tells the human to do good for himself and as little evil as he can to others?

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

5. What does Rousseau conclude social and political inequality is not?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau have high hopes for?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Rousseau seek to uncover according to Chapter 3?

8. What happens when we give up liberty?

9. What happens as men acquire more?

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

(see the answer keys)

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