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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 believe ensures wicked doctrines corrupting life forever?
(a) The printing press.
(b) Art and artists.
(c) History.
(d) War.

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

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

4. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Money.
(c) Display.
(d) Praise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

2. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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

4. 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"?

5. What would make an artist sad according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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