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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 type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
2. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?
3. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
4. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
5. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the public economy and its authority as described in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy".
2. What does Rousseau feel humans are called to, according "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
3. What is the main task of "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
4. What does Jean-Jacques Rousseau's earliest discourse discuss?
5. In "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One", what passion does Rousseau worry about and why?
6. Explain why Rousseau believes it is difficult to discuss the effects that the arts and sciences have on society.
7. Where does Rousseau believe many civilizations believe science arose from according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
8. Discuss Rousseau's opinion on taxation.
9. Explain how Rousseau wants people to recognize the authority of the State in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".
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
Analyze and discuss the motif that knowledge is a tragedy in "A Discourse on Inequality" and why Rousseau reasons so.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the overall intention for Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writing "A Discourse on Inequality" and what he desired to accomplish from this work.
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze how luxury is a result of development and without development, luxury would not exist, according to Rousseau.
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