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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Rousseau die?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1804.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1789.

2. What was the most popular form of government in Europe during Rousseau's time?
(a) Enlightened Despotism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Democracy.

3. When did Rousseau flee France?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1770.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1762.

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

5. What were Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke critiquing?
(a) Rousseau's relation with Frederick the Great.
(b) The rational basis of monarchy.
(c) People obsessed by material possession.
(d) The rational basis of natural law and religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which place does the Dedication praise as a virtuous republic?

2. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?

3. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?

4. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?

5. Why does Rousseau reject the notion of natural law?

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