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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?
(a) Europe's barbarism.
(b) Europe's fall of empire.
(c) Rome's fall of empire.
(d) America's industrialism.

4. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) Himself.
(b) His citizen's loss of equality.
(c) His citizen's loss of power.
(d) His citizen's loss of freedom.

5. Which of the following was NOT mentioned being a result of luxury?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Mechanical arts.
(c) Letters.
(d) Commerce.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Rousseau, what is the outcome of man's labor?

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

4. What does Rousseau believe man's current state has more of in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

5. What is at conflict in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" that concerns Rousseau?

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