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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the power to disrupt society regularly?
(a) War.
(b) The law.
(c) A revolution.
(d) Love.

2. How do people see the weak according to Rousseau?
(a) As ignorant.
(b) In power.
(c) People try to not to see them.
(d) Enslaved.

3. According to Rousseau, what is the first step to uncover the nature of inequality?
(a) Making money.
(b) Discovering man's true nature.
(c) Learning science.
(d) Studying art.

4. How does the Introduction classify both Hobbes and Locke?
(a) Ancient.
(b) Pre-modern.
(c) Modern.
(d) Classical.

5. What does Rousseau say removes men from reality?
(a) Love.
(b) Art.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chapter 1 about?

2. When did Rousseau die?

3. Who is Chapter 3 dedicated to?

4. What does Rousseau say artists rarely are?

5. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?

(see the answer key)

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