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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau write was required in order to reach a new period of reason?
(a) A revolution.
(b) The ability to forgive.
(c) A period of art.
(d) A new period of desire.

2. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Remedies.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

3. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
(a) Where no art exists.
(b) Where everyone is equal.
(c) Where he can live freely.
(d) Where no man is equal.

4. What does inequality cheapen according to Rousseau?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Weatlth.
(d) Love.

5. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Disease.
(b) Animals.
(c) Money.
(d) Old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

2. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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

4. What does natural inequality produce, according to Rousseau?

5. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?

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