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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 does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?
(a) Personal inequality.
(b) Economic inequality.
(c) State inequalitry.
(d) National inequliaty.

2. What did men dwell on according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Love.
(b) Needs.
(c) Desire.
(d) Wants.

3. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Hatred.

4. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
(a) Where no art exists.
(b) Where no man is equal.
(c) Where everyone is equal.
(d) Where he can live freely.

5. What leads to sex for man, according to Rousseau?
(a) Love.
(b) Carnal desire.
(c) Lust.
(d) Natural sentiment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?

3. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

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

5. What does "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?

(see the answer key)

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