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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 suppose concerning men at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) They are smart.
(b) They have the power to change things.
(c) They are fully developed.
(d) They know how to read.

2. What does science prevent the production of according to Rousseau?
(a) Worldly goods.
(b) Good leader.
(c) Good men.
(d) Weapons.

3. What does Rousseau say is the reason for the increase he saw in France?
(a) Men left their ignorance behind.
(b) Sciences made people want more.
(c) Art has become easily accessible.
(d) The bourgeois extended their hold on the economy.

4. What does Rousseau argue the arts force men to reward people based on?
(a) Birth.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Fortune.

5. What is, in science, more likely to result from speculation than truth?
(a) Receiving research funding.
(b) A workable product.
(c) Error.
(d) Mistakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say men dwell on?

2. How would artists feel if they were to work amongst those who hate their work according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau say of the process that makes men both wicked and sociable?

4. What do people accept in Rousseau's perfect city?

5. What is not superior to the present day?

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