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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?
(a) Between mom and child.
(b) The property phenomenon.
(c) Between dad and child.
(d) Out of necessity.

2. According to Rousseau, what was life of man limited to before his interests grew?
(a) Reproduction.
(b) Family.
(c) Survival.
(d) Sensation.

3. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) The use of science.
(b) The growth of inequality between men.
(c) The growth of desire.
(d) The growth of social classes.

4. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Their history.
(b) Their country.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Their parents.

5. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?
(a) If corruption negates artistic quality.
(b) If morality purifies science.
(c) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.
(d) How morality and corruption affect one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Rousseau first figure out before writing "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

2. What can society no longer exist on after luxury is introduced, according to Rousseau?

3. What would make property rights equal?

4. What type of state is Rousseau interested in having?

5. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?

(see the answer key)

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