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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 Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?
(a) Wealth only.
(b) Beauty and wealth.
(c) Wealth and beauty.
(d) Beauty and talent.

2. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Equal.
(b) Angry.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Affiliated.

3. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?
(a) Rome.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Ancient Egypt.
(d) Greece.

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

5. What led to government through a non moral process?
(a) The weak defeated themselves.
(b) The strong helped the weak.
(c) The weak ignored their control.
(d) The strong opressed the weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does philosophy do?

2. What is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

4. What does Rousseau feel differing forms of government result in?

5. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

(see the answer key)

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