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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 believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Money.
(b) Praise.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Display.

2. What does nature tell humans?
(a) Do good for himself.
(b) Preserve the land.
(c) Preserve his strength.
(d) Be kind.

3. 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.

4. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The wealth of the land.
(b) The authority of the state.
(c) The authority of art.
(d) The power of greed.

5. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?
(a) In the savage and animal.
(b) Through prayer.
(c) Between the parent and child.
(d) In religious mediations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

3. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

4. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?

5. What does Rousseau argue about the discovery of the nature man?

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