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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue about the discovery of the nature man?
(a) There is no direct evidence.
(b) It is natural and innate.
(c) There is direct evidence.
(d) It is odd and perplexing.

2. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) Himself.
(b) His citizen's loss of power.
(c) His citizen's loss of equality.
(d) His citizen's loss of freedom.

3. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?
(a) It stifled mans' original liberty and caused people to love their slavery.
(b) The public rejected it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The public embraced it.

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

5. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?
(a) To hide their wickedness.
(b) To have more land.
(c) To keep their personal secrets.
(d) Secrecy is best.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?

2. What does nature tell humans?

3. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

4. Which of the following does Rousseau NOT want the youth to seek?

5. What type of government worries Rousseau?

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