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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 hope the citizens are able to keep?
(a) Power.
(b) Their democracy.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

2. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?
(a) Power and religion.
(b) Government and the law.
(c) Reason.
(d) Reason and religion.

3. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing how to act.
(b) Knowing consequence.
(c) Knowing power.
(d) Knowing how to speak.

4. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) They are polar opposites.
(b) Virtue exitsts without knowledge of it.
(c) One must learn to understand virtue.
(d) They are contradictory.

5. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?
(a) To be selective in his research.
(b) It is difficult to treat the subject properly.
(c) To not be objective.
(d) That he will not explain it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?

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

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

4. What can only be brought about by ignorance given its results according to Rousseau?

5. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

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