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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 did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?
(a) Governing.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Indulgence.
(d) Leisure.

2. What must Rousseau first figure out before writing "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) History of humans.
(b) The nature of civilization.
(c) The nature of humans.
(d) History of greed.

3. How do modern centuries see natural law?
(a) Accepted societal behavior.
(b) Rules.
(c) Understood rules.
(d) Rules given to men, given to themselves.

4. When does Rousseau believe inequality came?
(a) When people desire power.
(b) When democracy was strongest.
(c) When democracy was weakest.
(d) When people noticed power.

5. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?
(a) They negate human reason.
(b) They corrupt human thought.
(c) The improve well roundedness.
(d) They corrupt human importance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what does moral inequality clash with?

2. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?

3. According to Rousseau,what is the source of laws?

4. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?

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

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