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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sections does the Introduction say the Second Discourse has?
(a) 9 sections.
(b) 5 sections.
(c) 4 sections.
(d) 6 sections.

2. What does Rousseau say of the increasing knowledge in relation to the original state of man?
(a) It obscures it.
(b) It make it better.
(c) It nurtures it.
(d) It destroys it.

3. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?
(a) Democracy.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) Changes in the Monarchy.
(d) The Enlightenment.

4. What is needed by arts according to Rousseau?
(a) Paint.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Museums.
(d) Riches.

5. What fell apart according to Rousseau?
(a) The French monarchy.
(b) The upperclass way of life.
(c) Totalitarian government.
(d) Arts and sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What collapses with riches according to Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau have for the republic of his birth?

3. What is Chapter 1 about?

4. What example does Rousseau use to demonstrate the link between free time and vanity?

5. What does Rousseau say is the reason for the increase he saw in France?

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