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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?
(a) To make war.
(b) To make laws.
(c) To vote.
(d) To make peace.

2. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) His children.
(b) His wife.
(c) His sovereign lords.
(d) His parents.

3. According to Rousseau, what do men have that is difficult to control?
(a) Anger.
(b) Desire.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Instincts.

4. What does Rousseau say arts require?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Power.
(c) Talent.
(d) Passion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" what is the first duty of the Legislator?

2. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?

3. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

4. What is the body's general will, according to Rousseau?

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

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