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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 did Rousseau use to counterbalance the potential good of modernity?
(a) The potential for the kings of Europe to crush any philosophical movement.
(b) The potential for modernity to annihilate itself.
(c) The potential for democracy to fail.
(d) The potential for modernity to revert to savagery.

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(d) It is outdated.

3. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?
(a) Sciences and arts.
(b) Monarchy and prisons.
(c) Government and philosophy.
(d) Despotism and freedom.

4. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?
(a) A way to better ourselves.
(b) Good for society.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Captivating.

5. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see in Chapter 4?
(a) 2 types.
(b) 3 types.
(c) 8 types.
(d) 5 types.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What principle does Rousseau think is an extremely important idea in his theory of the person?

3. What does Rousseau say the restrictions imposed by arts and sciences do?

4. What is man capable of doing according to Rousseau?

5. What part of society increased according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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