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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 argue that men with talent should do?
(a) Be humble.
(b) Show compassion.
(c) Live in exile.
(d) Reap glory and remain obscure.

2. How did older centuries think of natural law, according to Rousseau?
(a) Beyond humanity.
(b) Beyond ethics.
(c) Beyond science.
(d) Beyond art.

3. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?
(a) The arts and sciences were a detrimental luxury.
(b) The needed the arts and sciences.
(c) They discovered that they were better off in their ignorance.
(d) The arts and sciences were only a luxury.

4. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) His citizen's loss of equality.
(b) Himself.
(c) His citizen's loss of freedom.
(d) His citizen's loss of power.

5. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
(a) The establishment of talent.
(b) The establishment of beauty.
(c) The progress of talent.
(d) The progress of art.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

4. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?

5. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?

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