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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 should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Men should be humiliated by this.
(b) Be proud of it.
(c) Embrace it.
(d) Be humbled by it.

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 family.
(b) Their work.
(c) Their country.
(d) Their desire.

3. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?
(a) It stifled mans' original liberty and caused people to love their slavery.
(b) The public embraced it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The public rejected it.

4. What does philosophy do?
(a) Broadens the human.
(b) Isolates the human.
(c) Introverts the human.
(d) Enlightens the human.

5. What does Rousseau believe happens with the more a human knows?
(a) More time to discuss topics.
(b) More time to want greed.
(c) More time for mischief.
(d) Less time for mischief.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of government worries Rousseau?

3. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?

4. What do humans owe many of their ideas to?

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

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