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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. Who is Chapter 3 dedicated to?
(a) Rousseau's mother.
(b) Rousseau's ruler.
(c) Rousseau's brother.
(d) Rousseau's sister.

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

3. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Better rulers.
(c) Better life for everyone.
(d) Laziness.

4. How does Rousseau qualify the time doing nothing as?
(a) Wicked.
(b) Wasted.
(c) Time to reflect.
(d) Rest.

5. What reflects in the science it helped produce?
(a) Processes.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Evil.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the savage man constantly focuses on?

2. How does the Introduction classify both Hobbes and Locke?

3. What does Rousseau say men came to love?

4. Who tells the human to do good for himself and as little evil as he can to others?

5. How does Rousseau want to live his life?

(see the answer key)

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