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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. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Textbook writers.
(b) Historians.
(c) Priests.
(d) Kings.

2. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?
(a) Without greed and power.
(b) Without tyrants or wars.
(c) Money.
(d) Government.

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

4. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?
(a) Their role.
(b) To love.
(c) To be humble.
(d) Their duty.

5. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?
(a) In religious mediations.
(b) In the savage and animal.
(c) Between the parent and child.
(d) Through prayer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?

3. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, 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 does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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