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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 do not have regular form according to Rousseau?
(a) Early governments.
(b) Monarchies.
(c) Totalitarian governments.
(d) Democratic governments.

2. What type of inequality is established by nature?
(a) Physical.
(b) Political power.
(c) Economic.
(d) Appreciation of art.

3. What does not preserve liberty according to Rousseau?
(a) His theory.
(b) The king.
(c) The state.
(d) Alienating one's liberty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chapter 3 dedicated to?

2. What can magistrates easily usurp according to Rousseau?

3. What is rooted in passion according to Rousseau?

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

5. What is man's second feeling according to Rousseau?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens as family grows?

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

6. What does Rousseau claim about the rich or the wealthy?

7. How does Chapter 3 open?

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

9. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?

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

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