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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 say about the interests of the ruler and the people in the perfect city he would choose as birthplace?

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

3. What is Rousseau using the dedication for?

4. What type of inequality is established by nature?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Rousseau argue about humanity at the end of Chapter 3?

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

5. What does Rousseau have high hopes for?

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

7. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?

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

9. What happens as men acquire more?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rousseau's philosophical work, the First and Second Discourses, discusses Rousseau's views about nature verses society. In an essay, discuss how the two conflict based on the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Rousseau describes enlightenment, including the development of human reasoning, language, and mental capacities in an essay. Use the text to support your analysis.

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