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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 state is Rousseau interested in having?
(a) One that is powerful.
(b) One that is poor.
(c) One that is uninterested by conquest.
(d) One that is interested by conquest.

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

3. How does Rousseau think the gods will react to people forming a more perfect union?
(a) They will smile on them.
(b) They will teach them.
(c) They will curse them.
(d) They will bless them.

4. What can society no longer exist on after luxury is introduced, according to Rousseau?
(a) Private income.
(b) Peaceful existence.
(c) Plants and acorns.
(d) Crops.

5. What did the rich become, according to Rousseau?
(a) Rude.
(b) Harsh.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Usurpers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

2. What type of government worries Rousseau?

3. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?

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

5. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?

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