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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. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?
(a) Rome.
(b) Greece.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Ancient Egypt.

2. What does amore-propre preserve?
(a) The nature.
(b) The species.
(c) The desire.
(d) The greed.

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

4. What does nature tell humans?
(a) Do good for himself.
(b) Be kind.
(c) Preserve his strength.
(d) Preserve the land.

5. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Time wasted.
(b) Greed.
(c) Social classes.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?

3. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?

4. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

5. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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