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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 is needed by the law according to Rousseau?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Justice.
(d) Judges.

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

3. What does the human owe many of their ideas to according to Rousseau?
(a) Chance.
(b) Art.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Speech.

4. What does Rousseau encourage the youth to look forward to?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Political power.
(d) Mild pleasures.

5. What should be equal if talents are equal according to Rousseau?
(a) Property.
(b) Art.
(c) Riches.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?

2. What does Rousseau argue generates geometry?

3. What does Rousseau say increased in France?

4. What does Rousseau claim people can look at to discover the current nature of humanity?

5. What does Rousseau argue does not enter into consideration when a nation is formed by men?

(see the answer key)

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