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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 one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Art.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Music.

2. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Display.
(b) Money.
(c) Praise.
(d) Admiration.

3. What does the will of the state not extend outside itself according to Rousseau?
(a) Beyond rational.
(b) Itself.
(c) Justice.
(d) Beyond irrational.

4. What led to government through a non moral process?
(a) The weak ignored their control.
(b) The weak defeated themselves.
(c) The strong opressed the weak.
(d) The strong helped the weak.

5. According to Rousseau, what is the natural or physical inequality established by?
(a) Society.
(b) Government.
(c) Weather.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe happens with the more a human knows?

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

3. When does Rousseau believe inequality came?

4. What does Rousseau believe does not preserve one's liberty?

5. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?

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