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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 consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
(a) The arts and sciences.
(b) The wealth of the state.
(c) The government.
(d) The church.

2. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) To discover origins.
(b) To discuss the history of inequality.
(c) To discover the origin of inequality.
(d) To compare and contrast equality vs inequality.

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

4. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how were humans more secure in earlier societies?
(a) No one was deemed better or worse than another.
(b) They weren't more secure.
(c) They had no pretentions.
(d) They could "see through" one another.

5. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing how to act.
(b) Knowing power.
(c) Knowing consequence.
(d) Knowing how to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say arts require?

2. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

3. What is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

5. What type of state is Rousseau interested in having?

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