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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 increasing knowledge in relation to the original state of man?
(a) It destroys it.
(b) It nurtures it.
(c) It obscures it.
(d) It make it better.

2. What do lazy children perform according to Rousseau?
(a) Play games.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Wicked deeds.
(d) Great art.

3. What knowledge cannot be imputed when imagining the state of nature according to Rousseau?
(a) Law.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) Justice.

4. What follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?
(a) Bread.
(b) Machinery.
(c) Slavery and misery.
(d) The industrial revolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say of the human animal?

2. Why does Rousseau say humanity remains secure?

3. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?

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

5. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to submit to?

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