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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. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?
(a) Anger.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Instincts.
(d) Desire.

2. 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"?
(a) The growth of inequality between men.
(b) The growth of desire.
(c) The growth of social classes.
(d) The use of science.

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Kings.
(b) Historians.
(c) Priests.
(d) Textbook writers.

4. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) One must learn to understand virtue.
(b) Virtue exitsts without knowledge of it.
(c) They are polar opposites.
(d) They are contradictory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is tragic about an increasing knowledge, according to Rousseau?

2. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

3. What led to government through a non moral process?

4. How did older centuries think of natural law, according to Rousseau?

5. What does nature tell humans?

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