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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 do people see the weak according to Rousseau?
(a) Enslaved.
(b) As ignorant.
(c) People try to not to see them.
(d) In power.

2. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences have aided the suppression of?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Evil.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Intelligence.

3. How does Rousseau say science produces war?
(a) Because it leads to better economy.
(b) Because it makes nations jealous of each other.
(c) Because it leads to better men.
(d) Because it leads to new weapons.

4. Who should the law rule in Rousseau's perfect city?
(a) Only the poor.
(b) All.
(c) Everyone, but him.
(d) Only the rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say of the needs and goals of the society compared to that of the government?

2. What is, in science, more likely to result from speculation than truth?

3. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences restrict?

4. What did Rousseau use to counterbalance the potential good of modernity?

5. What does Rousseau say preceded what men are coming to?

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