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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. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?
(a) The West.
(b) The country.
(c) Cities.
(d) China.

2. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Display.
(b) Money.
(c) Praise.
(d) Admiration.

3. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

4. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?
(a) Ideas and senses.
(b) Ideas and desires.
(c) Senses and fears.
(d) Fears and wants.

5. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?
(a) Trust one another.
(b) Distrust one another.
(c) Distrust the government.
(d) Distrust the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?

2. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?

3. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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

5. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?

(see the answer key)

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