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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?
(a) Governmental taxation.
(b) Lies.
(c) Illegal control.
(d) Gaining at others' expense.

2. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?
(a) Cities.
(b) The West.
(c) China.
(d) The country.

3. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. When does Rousseau believe inequality came?
(a) When people noticed power.
(b) When democracy was strongest.
(c) When people desire power.
(d) When democracy was weakest.

5. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?
(a) Weather.
(b) Government.
(c) Society.
(d) Nature.

6. What does Rousseau believe helped man use nature?
(a) Natural reason.
(b) Force.
(c) Free will.
(d) Instinct.

7. What would make property rights equal?
(a) War.
(b) If human talents were equal.
(c) New leadership.
(d) New government.

8. What did men dwell on according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Wants.
(b) Desire.
(c) Needs.
(d) Love.

9. What did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?
(a) Governing.
(b) Indulgence.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Leisure.

10. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?
(a) A gulf.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A universe.
(d) An ocean.

11. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?
(a) He doesn't say anything about it.
(b) He was smart.
(c) He pulled one over on his fellows.
(d) He was rude.

12. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?
(a) Ideas and desires.
(b) Ideas and senses.
(c) Fears and wants.
(d) Senses and fears.

13. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) The modern man to the savage man.
(b) The modern woman to the savage man.
(c) Governmental rule and religious rule.
(d) Modern time to prehistoric time.

14. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Calling to the gods for help.
(b) Finding power.
(c) Foregoing features of primitive man.
(d) How power came into existence.

15. What does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?
(a) National inequliaty.
(b) State inequalitry.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) Personal inequality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau think humans are called to in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

2. What happened as words grew in number?

3. What does Rousseau believe divides a repressed man?

4. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?

5. What was the result of new tools being invented, according to Rousseau?

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