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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of democracy would Rousseau like?
(a) One without representatives.
(b) One where he is in charge.
(c) A bloated one.
(d) One that allows him to live peacefully.

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

3. What is man capable of doing according to Rousseau?
(a) Killing others.
(b) Loving others.
(c) Ignoring the obvious.
(d) Improving oneself.

4. What kind of place would Rousseau have loved to be born?
(a) A place where people are equal in their job.
(b) France.
(c) A place where he could work.
(d) A place where he can be the ruler.

5. What does luxury generate according to Rousseau?
(a) Travel.
(b) Good men.
(c) Free time.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau say became of arts and sciences?

3. Who does Rousseau say does not exhibit conditions to the same degree as modern man?

4. What would make the state decay according to Rousseau?

5. What is the First Discourse about according to the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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