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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. 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"?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

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

3. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?
(a) To make peace.
(b) To vote.
(c) To make war.
(d) To make laws.

4. 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) Money.
(b) Power.
(c) Remedies.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau hope the citizens are able to keep?

3. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

4. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

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

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