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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say of the human animal?
(a) It is outdated.
(b) It is an ingenious machine.
(c) It is flawed.
(d) It is a precise clock.

2. What does not arise when men become dependent on one another?
(a) Inequality.
(b) Envy.
(c) Love.
(d) War.

3. What does Rousseau say artists rarely are?
(a) Successful.
(b) Smart.
(c) Good.
(d) Patriots or good men.

4. What should academies organize society around?
(a) Family heritage.
(b) What knowledge different class should have.
(c) Riches.
(d) Clans.

5. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?
(a) Inequality between men and women.
(b) Nature of man.
(c) Why philosophers are great.
(d) The oppression of the masses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What collapses with riches according to Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau say men dwell on?

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

4. What does Rousseau think arises out of the property phenomenon?

5. According to Rousseau, who is forced to follow what men are doing?

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