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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final stage of maturation of inequality, according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?

2. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?

3. What was man's second feeling, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau feel happens to the state as a result of luxury development?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and describe how Rousseau believes individual talent leads to inequality which ultimately "cheapens" one's virtue.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Rousseau believe that Socrates praised ignorance? Use this information provided in your reading, as well as your knowledge of history to explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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