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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) Angry.
(b) Civilized.
(c) Equal.
(d) Affiliated.

2. What would make an artist sad according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) If no art was made.
(b) If art was deemed evil.
(c) If no one cared for art.
(d) If art was banished.

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

4. 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 man.
(b) The evolution of greed.
(c) The nature of greed.
(d) The evolution of man.

5. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
(a) The government.
(b) The arts and sciences.
(c) The church.
(d) The wealth of the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?

2. How does Rousseau want to live and die?

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

4. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?

5. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?

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