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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 "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?
(a) Detriment.
(b) Results of inequality.
(c) Political equality.
(d) The outcome of equality.

2. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Improvement of reason.
(c) Degeneration.
(d) Fears and dreams.

3. According to Rousseau, what is the first principle that the aim of the government should orient itself with?
(a) Inequality.
(b) Equality.
(c) The common good.
(d) The general good.

4. Where do people begin to crowd as luxury grows, according to Rousseau?
(a) China.
(b) The West.
(c) The country.
(d) Cities.

5. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau hope the citizens are able to keep?

2. How does Rousseau think the gods will react to people forming a more perfect union?

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

4. What is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?

5. 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?

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