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

2. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?
(a) Secrecy is best.
(b) To hide their wickedness.
(c) To have more land.
(d) To keep their personal secrets.

3. What does Rousseau feel differing forms of government result in?
(a) Different levels of inequality.
(b) Different outlooks.
(c) Different motivators.
(d) Different desires.

4. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Equal.
(b) Angry.
(c) Affiliated.
(d) Civilized.

5. 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 parents.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?

2. How do modern centuries see natural law?

3. 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?

4. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?

5. What does "A Discourse on Inequality" of Rousseau's focus on aside from morality?

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