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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. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?
(a) In religious mediations.
(b) Through prayer.
(c) Between the parent and child.
(d) In the savage and animal.

2. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Slavery and misery.
(c) Freedom and instinct.
(d) Freeedom.

3. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?
(a) Equal.
(b) Enormous.
(c) Large.
(d) Small.

4. What do humans owe many of their ideas to?
(a) Speech.
(b) Their ancestors.
(c) The nature.
(d) God.

5. What leads to sex for man, according to Rousseau?
(a) Natural sentiment.
(b) Lust.
(c) Carnal desire.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau reflect on at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

2. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?

3. Which of the following does Rousseau NOT want the youth to seek?

4. What is tragic about an increasing knowledge, according to Rousseau?

5. What did some individuals grow rich enough for as a result of inventions?

(see the answer key)

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