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

2. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?
(a) Survival.
(b) Self knowledge.
(c) Arts and sciences.
(d) Self preservation.

3. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?
(a) That he will not explain it.
(b) To be selective in his research.
(c) It is difficult to treat the subject properly.
(d) To not be objective.

4. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) The growth of inequality between men.
(b) The use of science.
(c) The growth of social classes.
(d) The growth of desire.

5. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?

2. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?

3. What led to government through a non moral process?

4. What created ethics according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?

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