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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 should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?
(a) To be humble.
(b) To love.
(c) Their role.
(d) Their duty.

2. What does Rousseau focus on in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?
(a) Men's conflict.
(b) The economy of the polity.
(c) Governmental conflict.
(d) Life.

3. What is suggested by the government being both free and subject?
(a) It is incomprehensible.
(b) It is irrational.
(c) It is paradoxical.
(d) It is unruly.

4. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Freedom and instinct.
(c) Slavery and misery.
(d) Freeedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

2. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?

3. How does society subsist according to Rousseau?

4. What did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?

5. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?

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