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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of government worries Rousseau?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Green.
(c) Republican.
(d) Democratic.

2. What does inequality cheapen according to Rousseau?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Weatlth.
(d) Love.

3. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) His children.
(b) His sovereign lords.
(c) His wife.
(d) His parents.

4. How did older centuries think of natural law, according to Rousseau?
(a) Beyond ethics.
(b) Beyond humanity.
(c) Beyond art.
(d) Beyond science.

5. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Calling to the gods for help.
(b) How power came into existence.
(c) Foregoing features of primitive man.
(d) Finding power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?

2. What does Rousseau believe happens with the more a human knows?

3. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

4. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

5. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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