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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Introduction classify both Hobbes and Locke?
(a) Modern.
(b) Classical.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Pre-modern.

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

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

4. Which place does the Dedication praise as a virtuous republic?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Geneva.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of government does Rousseau say has no rationale and is against nature?

2. What are the two laws of nature and natural right according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?

4. What Saint influenced Rousseau's vision?

5. Where was Rousseau born according to the Introduction?

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