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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?
(a) Nature of man.
(b) Why philosophers are great.
(c) Inequality between men and women.
(d) The oppression of the masses.

2. How does Rousseau want to live his life?
(a) Fast.
(b) Nicely.
(c) In freedom.
(d) Quietly.

3. What does Rousseau say is the reason for the increase he saw in France?
(a) Sciences made people want more.
(b) The bourgeois extended their hold on the economy.
(c) Men left their ignorance behind.
(d) Art has become easily accessible.

4. What society does Rousseau want the reader to compare?
(a) French and Prussian.
(b) American and Swiss.
(c) Savage and modern.
(d) Russian and Japanese.

5. How many natural principles does Rousseau say exist before reason?
(a) 3 principles.
(b) 8 principles.
(c) 4 principles.
(d) 2 principles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue generates physics?

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

3. What does Rousseau say humanity possessed even before the advent of art?

4. What did the wicked man Rousseau met weep for?

5. Who does Rousseau say does not exhibit conditions to the same degree as modern man?

(see the answer key)

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