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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's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?
(a) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.
(b) How morality and corruption affect one another.
(c) If corruption negates artistic quality.
(d) If morality purifies science.

2. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?
(a) To hide their wickedness.
(b) To have more land.
(c) To keep their personal secrets.
(d) Secrecy is best.

3. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

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

5. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Priests.
(b) Historians.
(c) Kings.
(d) Textbook writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

2. What must Rousseau first figure out before writing "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

3. 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"?

4. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

5. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?

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