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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 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.

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

3. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?
(a) The progress of arts and sciences.
(b) The progress of art.
(c) Wars.
(d) Government contol.

4. What type of government worries Rousseau?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Green.

5. What does Rousseau believe government did NOT evolve from?
(a) Gods and kings.
(b) Rich men.
(c) Mindless ideas.
(d) Arbitrary power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe does not preserve one's liberty?

2. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?

3. How many natural principles does Rousseau see in humanity at the end of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

4. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

5. What does Rousseau say arts require?

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