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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 civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
(a) The Romans and Germans.
(b) The Romans and Greeks.
(c) The English and Greeks.
(d) The Germans and Irish.

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

3. What does Rousseau believe ensures wicked doctrines corrupting life forever?
(a) The printing press.
(b) War.
(c) History.
(d) Art and artists.

4. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?
(a) Talent is defined, but not beauty.
(b) Beauty makes one work harder.
(c) Society is larger and uncertainty conceals vices.
(d) Talent and beauty are not defined.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does amore-propre preserve?

3. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?

4. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

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

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