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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 type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
(a) Where everyone is equal.
(b) Where no art exists.
(c) Where no man is equal.
(d) Where he can live freely.

2. What was man's second feeling, according to Rousseau?
(a) His breath.
(b) His existence.
(c) Crying.
(d) Self preservation.

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Kings.
(b) Priests.
(c) Textbook writers.
(d) Historians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?

2. How do modern centuries see natural law?

3. What does philosophy do?

4. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?

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

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