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

2. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Art.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Music.

3. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hermes.

4. How does Rousseau believe men should feel at the state of leaving ignorance?
(a) Humiliated.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Discerned.
(d) Proud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

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

3. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?

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

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

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