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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?
(a) Talent is defined, but not beauty.
(b) Society is larger and uncertainty conceals vices.
(c) Beauty makes one work harder.
(d) Talent and beauty are not defined.

2. 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"?
(a) Their wickedness.
(b) Their narcissism.
(c) Their infatuation.
(d) Their kindness.

3. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?
(a) Weather.
(b) Society.
(c) Nature.
(d) Government.

4. What leads to sex for man, according to Rousseau?
(a) Lust.
(b) Love.
(c) Natural sentiment.
(d) Carnal desire.

5. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

2. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

3. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?

4. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how were humans more secure in earlier societies?

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

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