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

2. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Money.
(b) Display.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Praise.

3. What can only be brought about by ignorance given its results according to Rousseau?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Talent.
(c) Moral behavior.
(d) Political behavior.

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

5. 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 could "see through" one another.
(c) They had no pretentions.
(d) They weren't more secure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where must public money pass through in large civil societies, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

2. How do modern centuries see natural law?

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

4. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

5. Where does Rousseau believe speech arose from?

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