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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?
(a) To discover origins.
(b) To discuss the history of inequality.
(c) To discover the origin of inequality.
(d) To compare and contrast equality vs inequality.

2. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) His sovereign lords.
(b) His children.
(c) His parents.
(d) His wife.

3. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) Religion.
(b) Engineering.
(c) The sciences.
(d) The arts.

4. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Their kindness.
(b) Their infatuation.
(c) Their wickedness.
(d) Their narcissism.

5. How does Rousseau want to live and die?
(a) Freely.
(b) With love.
(c) In solitude.
(d) With power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?

2. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?

3. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?

4. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

5. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

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