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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 does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
(a) The wealth of the state.
(b) The arts and sciences.
(c) The government.
(d) The church.

2. 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"?
(a) Their infatuation.
(b) Their wickedness.
(c) Their kindness.
(d) Their narcissism.

3. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?
(a) It allows growth.
(b) It's necessary.
(c) It's evil.
(d) It's a good thing.

4. 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 man.
(b) The evolution of greed.
(c) The nature of man.
(d) The nature of greed.

5. What does Rousseau believe happens with the more a human knows?
(a) Less time for mischief.
(b) More time to discuss topics.
(c) More time to want greed.
(d) More time for mischief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau write was required in order to reach a new period of reason?

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

3. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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

5. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?

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