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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 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.

2. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?
(a) Between mom and child.
(b) Between dad and child.
(c) Out of necessity.
(d) The property phenomenon.

3. How does Rousseau want to live and die?
(a) With love.
(b) Freely.
(c) With power.
(d) In solitude.

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

5. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Morality and learning.
(b) Learning and ignorance.
(c) Virtue and morality.
(d) Virtue and learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes use of human understanding, according to Rousseau?

2. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?

3. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?

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

5. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?

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