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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. How did older centuries think of natural law, according to Rousseau?
(a) Beyond science.
(b) Beyond ethics.
(c) Beyond humanity.
(d) Beyond art.

2. What does amore-propre preserve?
(a) The desire.
(b) The nature.
(c) The species.
(d) The greed.

3. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?
(a) It stifled mans' original liberty and caused people to love their slavery.
(b) The public embraced it.
(c) The public rejected it.
(d) Nothing.

4. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Wealth.

5. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing consequence.
(b) Knowing how to speak.
(c) Knowing how to act.
(d) Knowing power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau compare in his illustration in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

2. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

3. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

4. What was man's first feeling, according to Rousseau?

5. According to Rousseau, what is the first principle that the aim of the government should orient itself with?

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