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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 makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?
(a) Talent is defined, but not beauty.
(b) Talent and beauty are not defined.
(c) Beauty makes one work harder.
(d) Society is larger and uncertainty conceals vices.

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

4. 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) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

5. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The nature of greed.
(b) The evolution of greed.
(c) The nature of man.
(d) The evolution of man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many natural principles does Rousseau see in humanity at the end of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

3. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?

4. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

5. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?

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