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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. Why do the rich produce the state according to Rousseau?
(a) They have much to lose.
(b) They need banks.
(c) They want power.
(d) They need to bind the poor with laws.

2. What does Rousseau say men can do in the present?
(a) Read Rousseau's book.
(b) Understand sciences.
(c) Appreciate arts.
(d) Deceive.

3. What do differing forms of government result from according to Rousseau?
(a) Different tyrants.
(b) Different languages.
(c) Different level of inequality.
(d) Different amount of wealth.

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

5. What does Rousseau argue does not enter into consideration when a nation is formed by men?
(a) Fairness.
(b) Love.
(c) Laws.
(d) Equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chapter 1 about?

2. What was the most popular form of government in Europe during Rousseau's time?

3. What does natural sentiment lead to according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau say about the interests of the ruler and the people in the perfect city he would choose as birthplace?

5. What kind of place would Rousseau have loved to be born?

(see the answer key)

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