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

2. What does Rousseau say removes men from reality?
(a) Love.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Art.
(d) Knowledge.

3. What does the savage man constantly focuses on?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Betting himself.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

4. What knowledge cannot be imputed when imagining the state of nature according to Rousseau?
(a) Law.
(b) War.
(c) Justice.
(d) Love.

5. What do men become when they acquire more than others according to Rousseau?
(a) Artists.
(b) Kings.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say a state should not have any desire for?

2. How do people see the weak according to Rousseau?

3. What does not preserve liberty according to Rousseau?

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

5. Why do the rich produce the state according to Rousseau?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens as family grows?

3. What is fraught with challenges according to Rousseau?

4. What does philosophy do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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