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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. What does Rousseau say a state should not have any desire for?
(a) Governance.
(b) Making people happy.
(c) Power.
(d) Conquest.

2. What does Rousseau argue generates geometry?
(a) Greed.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Reasoning.

3. How does Rousseau qualify what humanity possessed even before the advent of art?
(a) Natural.
(b) Rude, but precious.
(c) Natural, but rude.
(d) Rude.

4. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?
(a) Better rulers.
(b) Better life for everyone.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Luxury.

5. What does Rousseau claim people can look at to discover the current nature of humanity?
(a) Books.
(b) Contemporary historical events.
(c) The political system of Switzerland.
(d) His writings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say men can do in the present?

2. How do people see the weak according to Rousseau?

3. What part of society increased according to Rousseau?

4. What type of government is Rousseau concerned about in Chapter 3?

5. How does Rousseau qualify the relationship between the restrictions imposed by arts and sciences and their influence on society?

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