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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 "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?
(a) The outcome of equality.
(b) Political equality.
(c) Detriment.
(d) Results of inequality.

2. What happened as words grew in number?
(a) Religion.
(b) Power.
(c) Speech.
(d) Cognition.

3. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Calling to the gods for help.
(b) How power came into existence.
(c) Foregoing features of primitive man.
(d) Finding power.

4. How does Rousseau think the gods will react to people forming a more perfect union?
(a) They will bless them.
(b) They will curse them.
(c) They will smile on them.
(d) They will teach them.

5. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?
(a) Without tyrants or wars.
(b) Government.
(c) Money.
(d) Without greed and power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?

2. How many types of inequality does Rousseau see among humans in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

3. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?

4. What created ethics according to Rousseau?

5. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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