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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 is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing how to speak.
(b) Knowing consequence.
(c) Knowing power.
(d) Knowing how to act.

2. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
(a) The establishment of beauty.
(b) The progress of art.
(c) The establishment of talent.
(d) The progress of talent.

3. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Anger.
(c) Instincts.
(d) Desire.

4. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?
(a) Modern depravity.
(b) Greed.
(c) Power.
(d) Desire.

5. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?
(a) The game goals.
(b) Opposing goals.
(c) The same beliefs.
(d) Opposing interests,

Short Answer Questions

1. What is tragic about an increasing knowledge, according to Rousseau?

2. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?

3. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau argue about the discovery of the nature man?

5. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

(see the answer key)

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