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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. What happened as words grew in number?
(a) Cognition.
(b) Religion.
(c) Speech.
(d) Power.

3. What does amore-propre preserve?
(a) The desire.
(b) The species.
(c) The nature.
(d) The greed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?

2. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?

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

4. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?

5. What leads to sex for man, according to Rousseau?

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