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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. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Equal.
(c) Angry.
(d) Affiliated.

2. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?
(a) Opposing interests,
(b) Opposing goals.
(c) The game goals.
(d) The same beliefs.

3. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?
(a) Desire and the corruption of soul.
(b) Luxury and the corruption of taste.
(c) Greed.
(d) Pride and corruption of intelligence.

4. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Needed.
(b) Evil.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?

5. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?

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