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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 does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) The modern man to the savage man.
(b) Modern time to prehistoric time.
(c) The modern woman to the savage man.
(d) Governmental rule and religious rule.

2. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?
(a) Cities.
(b) The West.
(c) The country.
(d) China.

3. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Money.
(b) Animals.
(c) Old age.
(d) Disease.

4. What happened as words grew in number?
(a) Power.
(b) Religion.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Speech.

5. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Foregoing features of primitive man.
(b) Calling to the gods for help.
(c) How power came into existence.
(d) Finding power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

2. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

3. What does inequality cheapen according to Rousseau?

4. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

5. 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"?

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