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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see in Chapter 4?
(a) 8 types.
(b) 3 types.
(c) 5 types.
(d) 2 types.

2. What does Rousseau claim people can look at to discover the current nature of humanity?
(a) Books.
(b) The political system of Switzerland.
(c) Contemporary historical events.
(d) His writings.

3. Whose view does Rousseau say is wrong concerning the state of nature?
(a) Socrates'.
(b) The French king's.
(c) Hobbes'.
(d) Locke's.

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

5. What do lazy children perform according to Rousseau?
(a) Great art.
(b) Play games.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Wicked deeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What principle does Rousseau think is an extremely important idea in his theory of the person?

2. What does not preserve liberty according to Rousseau?

3. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?

4. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?

5. What follows the spread of knowledge according to the First Discourse?

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