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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 amore-propre preserve?
(a) The greed.
(b) The species.
(c) The nature.
(d) The desire.

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

3. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?
(a) To be controlled.
(b) He doesn't think they lie.
(c) So they can hide their motives and suppress them.
(d) To feel control.

4. What does Rousseau feel differing forms of government result in?
(a) Different outlooks.
(b) Different levels of inequality.
(c) Different motivators.
(d) Different desires.

5. What grew when the family grew, according to Rousseau?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Maternal affection.
(c) Trust.
(d) Paternal affection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does philosophy do?

2. 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"?

3. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

4. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

5. What does Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?

(see the answer key)

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