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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 exhort his citizens NOT to do?
(a) Trust one another.
(b) Distrust the government.
(c) Distrust the state.
(d) Distrust one another.

2. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Their work.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their country.
(d) Their desire.

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

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

5. What must Rousseau first figure out before writing "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) The nature of humans.
(b) The nature of civilization.
(c) History of humans.
(d) History of greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does inequality cheapen according to Rousseau?

2. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

3. What does Rousseau say arts require?

4. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?

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