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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the rich become, according to Rousseau?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Usurpers.
(c) Rude.
(d) Harsh.

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

3. What does Rousseau believe man's current state has more of in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) More pain than pleasure.
(b) Egotism.
(c) Denial over all.
(d) Luxury.

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

5. What is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?
(a) Passions.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Love.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau feel differing forms of government result in?

2. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?

3. What does amore-propre preserve?

4. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?

5. According to Rousseau, what is the outcome of man's labor?

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