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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Power.
(b) Money.
(c) Remedies.
(d) Love.

2. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Affiliated.
(b) Equal.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Angry.

3. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Issac Newton.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Priests.
(b) Historians.
(c) Textbook writers.
(d) Kings.

5. What created ethics according to Rousseau?
(a) Desire.
(b) Greed.
(c) Pride.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Rousseau believe created physics?

3. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?

4. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

5. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?

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