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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. According to Rousseau, what was life of man limited to before his interests grew?
(a) Survival.
(b) Family.
(c) Sensation.
(d) Reproduction.

2. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?
(a) Money.
(b) Without tyrants or wars.
(c) Without greed and power.
(d) Government.

3. What does Rousseau say arts require?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Power.
(c) Passion.
(d) Talent.

4. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?
(a) Love.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Desire.

5. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?
(a) Opposing interests,
(b) The game goals.
(c) Opposing goals.
(d) The same beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rousseau NOT want the youth to seek?

2. What type of government worries Rousseau?

3. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?

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

5. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

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