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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?

2. What does Rousseau say of the needs and goals of the society compared to that of the government?

3. What does Rousseau have for the republic of his birth?

4. How does Rousseau want to live his life?

5. What does inequality of wealth and condition produce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the savage man's nature?

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

3. What is fraught with challenges according to Rousseau?

4. How does Chapter 3 open?

5. What does nature give man?

6. What happens as men acquire more?

7. What does philosophy do?

8. What happens as family grows?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, discuss Rousseau's belief regarding private property and how it leads to social and economic inequality. Students should discuss how Rousseau's theory, if true, may lead to competition or rivalry. Students may choose to disagree with Rousseau in the essay and must support their argument for or against Rousseau's theory.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss Rousseau's conclusions about despotism as discussed in Chapter 5 of the First and Second Discourses. Students should define the term despotism and use the text and secondary sources to support their analysis of despotism.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Rousseau's view of suffering as discussed in Chapter 6 and examine both the causes and effects of suffering. Students should use the text to support their statements.

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