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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau think about the man who invented property rights?
(a) He pulled one over on his fellows.
(b) He was rude.
(c) He doesn't say anything about it.
(d) He was smart.

2. 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"?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Remedies.
(d) Money.

3. What was the result of new tools being invented, according to Rousseau?
(a) Violence and death.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Men's interests began to coincide.
(d) Men's interests began to conflict.

4. What did men dwell on according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?
(a) Needs.
(b) Love.
(c) Wants.
(d) Desire.

5. What good definition is hard to find, according to Rousseau?
(a) Human law.
(b) Natural law.
(c) Natural greed.
(d) Human greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cannot be uncovered about nature's inequality, according to Rousseau?

2. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?

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

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