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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 laziness do to men according to Rousseau?
(a) Turn them into artists.
(b) Makes them philosophers.
(c) Regress them to the state of nature.
(d) Makes them into thieves.

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

3. What does Rousseau argue generates ethics?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Religion.
(d) Pride.

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

5. What kind of place would Rousseau have loved to be born?
(a) A place where he can be the ruler.
(b) France.
(c) A place where people are equal in their job.
(d) A place where he could work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say at the end of Chapter 1 might contradict virtue?

2. Who should the law rule in Rousseau's perfect city?

3. Why does Rousseau reject the notion of natural law?

4. What Saint influenced Rousseau's vision?

5. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences have aided the suppression of?

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