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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 government.
(b) The church.
(c) The arts and sciences.
(d) The wealth of the state.

2. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Slavery.

3. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?
(a) Rome's fall of empire.
(b) America's industrialism.
(c) Europe's barbarism.
(d) Europe's fall of empire.

4. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
(a) The Germans and Irish.
(b) The Romans and Germans.
(c) The English and Greeks.
(d) The Romans and Greeks.

5. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) To compare and contrast equality vs inequality.
(b) To discover origins.
(c) To discover the origin of inequality.
(d) To discuss the history of inequality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?

2. How does Rousseau want to live and die?

3. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?

4. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

5. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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