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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 is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

2. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?

4. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

5. What did Rousseau believe created physics?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rousseau feel everyone could reach happiness according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

2. Describe how Rousseau feels about property rights according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".

3. Explain what Rousseau suggests about mankind's living quarters in their earliest stage.

4. In "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" what happens as a result of luxury?

5. What does Rousseay describe the "social man"as?

6. What is the main task of "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

7. Why is there no benefit in man's private interest according to Rousseau in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

8. Explain why Rousseau believes it is difficult to discuss the effects that the arts and sciences have on society.

9. What does Rousseau argue government came from?

10. What does Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II" think an artist's greatest compensation is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast natural law to laws that operated in modern and older centuries.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe how Rousseau views the nature of pleasure and pain in human individuals and how they serve as a motivator in all humans.

Essay Topic 3

The introduction of arts and sciences are meant to give freedom to men, but slavery was often a result from that knowledge. How do arts and sciences stifle man's liberty and cause them to love their slavery?

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