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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. How does Rousseau believe men should feel at the state of leaving ignorance?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Discerned.
(d) Proud.

2. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?
(a) Philosphers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Priests.

3. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. How does Rousseau want to live and die?
(a) With power.
(b) With love.
(c) Freely.
(d) In solitude.

5. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?
(a) Self preservation.
(b) Survival.
(c) Self knowledge.
(d) Arts and sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rousseau believe created physics?

2. What does Rousseau want to know about the "strong"?

3. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?

4. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

5. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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