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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 say wise men do not chase?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Fortune.

2. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) The sciences.
(b) The arts.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Religion.

3. What type of state is Rousseau interested in having?
(a) One that is powerful.
(b) One that is uninterested by conquest.
(c) One that is interested by conquest.
(d) One that is poor.

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 power.
(b) His citizen's loss of equality.
(c) His citizen's loss of freedom.
(d) Himself.

5. Which of the following does Rousseau NOT want the youth to seek?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Repentance.
(c) Pleasures.
(d) Light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?

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

4. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

5. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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