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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cannot be uncovered about nature's inequality, according to Rousseau?
(a) The detriment.
(b) The result.
(c) The source.
(d) The reason.

2. What grew when the family grew, according to Rousseau?
(a) Paternal affection.
(b) Trust.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Maternal affection.

3. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?
(a) How they came to serve the weak.
(b) Who serves the strong.
(c) Why they serve the weak.
(d) Why they do not serve the weak.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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

3. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?

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

5. What does Rousseau believe government did NOT evolve from?

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