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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. What does Rousseau argue generates ethics?
(a) Pride.
(b) Religion.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Intelligence.

2. What does Rousseau say men can hide from open discernment?
(a) Their incompetence.
(b) Science.
(c) Their motives.
(d) Their love of God.

3. What does Rousseau think arises out of the property phenomenon?
(a) Rulers.
(b) Art.
(c) Speech.
(d) Banks.

4. What does Rousseau say at the end of Chapter 1 might contradict virtue?
(a) Religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Sciences.

5. What type of inequality is established by nature?
(a) Appreciation of art.
(b) Physical.
(c) Economic.
(d) Political power.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What question does Rousseau try to answer about society?

4. What is Rousseau concerned about in the treatment of the topic of Chapter 1?

5. What does inequality of wealth and condition produce?

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