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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 one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Art.
(b) Music.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Virtue.

2. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Historians.
(b) Priests.
(c) Textbook writers.
(d) Kings.

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

4. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their history.
(d) Themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?

2. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?

3. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?

4. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?

5. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?

(see the answer key)

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