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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 "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?
(a) Political equality.
(b) The outcome of equality.
(c) Results of inequality.
(d) Detriment.

2. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?
(a) Why they do not serve the weak.
(b) How they came to serve the weak.
(c) Why they serve the weak.
(d) Who serves the strong.

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

4. What does amore-propre preserve?
(a) The desire.
(b) The species.
(c) The nature.
(d) The greed.

5. What does Rousseau believe man's current state has more of in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
(a) Denial over all.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Egotism.
(d) More pain than pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?

2. What happened as words grew in number?

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

4. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?

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

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