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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 does Rousseau argue generates geometry?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Greed.

2. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences restrict?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Ability to think.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Intelligence.

3. Where does Rousseau think language came from?
(a) Interaction between parent and child.
(b) Interaction between clans.
(c) Necessity to warn others of danger.
(d) Necessity to pass knowledge.

4. What does Rousseau want his rulers to consider?
(a) France's needs.
(b) Rousseau's needs.
(c) Hobbes' ideas.
(d) The people's needs.

5. What does Rousseau encourage the youth to look forward to?
(a) Mild pleasures.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Political power.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?

2. What does Rousseau suppose concerning men at the start of Chapter 4?

3. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?

4. What does luxury generate according to Rousseau?

5. What is needed by the law according to Rousseau?

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