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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 does Rousseau say of the human animal?
(a) It is an ingenious machine.
(b) It is a precise clock.
(c) It is outdated.
(d) It is flawed.

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

3. What is Rousseau concerned about in the treatment of the topic of Chapter 1?
(a) Being unfair means favoring the arts.
(b) The arguments for and against are the same.
(c) The difficulty of being fair.
(d) The difficulty of being accurate.

4. How many sections does the Introduction say the Second Discourse has?
(a) 9 sections.
(b) 5 sections.
(c) 6 sections.
(d) 4 sections.

5. How can what Rousseau say fell apart survive under?
(a) His guidance.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Religion.
(d) Law and government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacked art and science according to Rousseau?

2. How many natural principles does Rousseau say exist before reason?

3. Why do men separate themselves according to Rousseau?

4. What is the First Discourse about according to the Introduction?

5. Why do the rich produce the state according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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