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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. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Plato.

2. What does inequality cheapen according to Rousseau?
(a) Weatlth.
(b) Love.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Virtue.

3. 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.

4. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how were humans more secure in earlier societies?
(a) No one was deemed better or worse than another.
(b) They weren't more secure.
(c) They could "see through" one another.
(d) They had no pretentions.

5. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Degeneration.
(c) Improvement of reason.
(d) Fears and dreams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many natural principles does Rousseau see in humanity at the end of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

3. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

4. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?

5. What must Rousseau first figure out before writing "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

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