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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 was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?
(a) The public rejected it.
(b) The public embraced it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It stifled mans' original liberty and caused people to love their slavery.

2. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?
(a) Scientists.
(b) Philosphers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Artists.

3. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) One must learn to understand virtue.
(b) They are contradictory.
(c) They are polar opposites.
(d) Virtue exitsts without knowledge of it.

4. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their history.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Their parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

2. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?

3. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

4. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?

5. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?

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