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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 much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The evolution of greed.
(b) The nature of man.
(c) The evolution of man.
(d) The nature of greed.

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

3. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their history.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Their parents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?

2. What does Rousseau feel happens to the state as a result of luxury development?

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

4. How do modern centuries see natural law?

5. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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