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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 is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?
(a) Passions.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Love.
(d) Nothing.

2. What happened as words grew in number?
(a) Religion.
(b) Speech.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Power.

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

4. What is the final stage of maturation of inequality, according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?
(a) Ego.
(b) Desire.
(c) Talent.
(d) Despotism.

5. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Virtue and learning.
(b) Morality and learning.
(c) Learning and ignorance.
(d) Virtue and morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

2. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

3. What does Rousseau feel differing forms of government result in?

4. What does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?

5. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

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