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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. Who does Rousseau say is wrong to think that because men have no natural sense of good that they must be wicked?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Hobbes.
(d) Himself.

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

3. What is man's second feeling according to Rousseau?
(a) Love.
(b) Envy.
(c) Desire.
(d) Self-preservation.

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

5. What can magistrates easily usurp according to Rousseau?
(a) Properties.
(b) Power.
(c) Money.
(d) Lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man who invented property rights found according to Rousseau in Chapter 5?

2. What does Rousseau ignore that he says is acquired through a long process?

3. What does Rousseau claim people can look at to discover the current nature of humanity?

4. What does Rousseau say generates political distinction?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens as family grows?

3. What does nature give man?

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 have high hopes for?

7. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?

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

9. What happens when we give up liberty?

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

(see the answer keys)

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