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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 is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Love.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Passions.

2. What does Rousseau feel happens to the state as a result of luxury development?
(a) It grows greedy.
(b) It grows poor.
(c) It grows rich, but sometimes depopulates themselves.
(d) The quality of life increases.

3. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
(a) The Romans and Greeks.
(b) The English and Greeks.
(c) The Romans and Germans.
(d) The Germans and Irish.

4. What did Rousseau believe created physics?
(a) Desire.
(b) Idleness.
(c) Greed.
(d) Pride.

5. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?
(a) Governmental taxation.
(b) Illegal control.
(c) Gaining at others' expense.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What can society no longer exist on after luxury is introduced, according to Rousseau?

4. What happened as words grew in number?

5. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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