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

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

3. How does Rousseau qualify what humanity possessed even before the advent of art?
(a) Natural.
(b) Rude, but precious.
(c) Natural, but rude.
(d) Rude.

4. What does Rousseau say the savage man is at peace with after his dinner?
(a) Himself.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother.
(d) All of nature.

5. What does Rousseau say of the needs and goals of the society compared to that of the government?
(a) The needs of the government trump the ones of the people.
(b) They might not be the same.
(c) They are always the same.
(d) The people should require that his needs be taken into account.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the rich become when the new accumulation of riches is possible according to Rousseau?

2. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?

3. What is needed by history according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau acknowledge about man's current state at the start of Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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