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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, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Wealth.

2. 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 learning.
(d) Virtue and morality.

3. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?
(a) Human law.
(b) Natural right.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Natural law.

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

5. What type of state is Rousseau interested in having?
(a) One that is poor.
(b) One that is powerful.
(c) One that is interested by conquest.
(d) One that is uninterested by conquest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?

3. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

4. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?

5. What does Rousseau believe government did NOT evolve from?

(see the answer key)

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