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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 would make the state decay according to Rousseau?

2. What do men become when they acquire more than others according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau say about relating the different types of inequality?

4. What knowledge cannot be imputed when imagining the state of nature according to Rousseau?

5. What kind of place would Rousseau have loved to be born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rousseau have high hopes for?

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

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

4. What does philosophy do?

5. What does nature give man?

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

7. What is the savage man's nature?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, discuss Rousseau's definition of a "savage man" and outline the attributes of a savage. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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