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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. How many natural principles does Rousseau say exist before reason?
(a) 4 principles.
(b) 2 principles.
(c) 3 principles.
(d) 8 principles.

2. What type of government is Rousseau concerned about in Chapter 3?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Republican.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Democracy.

3. How many sections does the Introduction say the Second Discourse has?
(a) 4 sections.
(b) 9 sections.
(c) 6 sections.
(d) 5 sections.

4. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?
(a) The loss of freedom of his countrymen.
(b) The loss of his rights.
(c) The loss of his sister.
(d) The loss of his influence.

5. How do people see the weak according to Rousseau?
(a) People try to not to see them.
(b) Enslaved.
(c) As ignorant.
(d) In power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the human owe many of their ideas to according to Rousseau?

2. Where was Rousseau born according to the Introduction?

3. What does science prevent the production of according to Rousseau?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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