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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. What did Rousseau believe created physics?
(a) Greed.
(b) Pride.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Desire.

2. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) Wealth.

3. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
(a) Where no man is equal.
(b) Where everyone is equal.
(c) Where he can live freely.
(d) Where no art exists.

4. What does Rousseau say arts require?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Power.
(c) Passion.
(d) Talent.

5. 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?
(a) They could "see through" one another.
(b) They weren't more secure.
(c) They had no pretentions.
(d) No one was deemed better or worse than another.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do men learn to repress as a result of jealousy, according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

4. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?

5. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?

(see the answer key)

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