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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 one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Music.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Art.

2. What created ethics according to Rousseau?
(a) Desire.
(b) Pride.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Greed.

3. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?
(a) Degeneration.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Improvement of reason.
(d) Fears and dreams.

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

5. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Remedies.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?

2. What does Rousseau believe ensures wicked doctrines corrupting life forever?

3. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

4. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

5. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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