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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 would make the state decay according to Rousseau?
(a) Lack of trust.
(b) Money.
(c) Art.
(d) Noblemen.

2. How do people see the weak according to Rousseau?
(a) As ignorant.
(b) Enslaved.
(c) In power.
(d) People try to not to see them.

3. What does Rousseau say happened to what fell apart in Chapter 1?
(a) It was taken over by new philosophers.
(b) It was resurrected.
(c) It was cast aside.
(d) It was forgotten.

4. What does Rousseau say binds the poor and gives the rich new power?
(a) Leaders.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Tribunals.
(d) The law.

5. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to submit to?
(a) The law.
(b) His wisdom.
(c) France.
(d) Their ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say generates political distinction?

2. What is Chapter 1 about?

3. What do people accept in Rousseau's perfect city?

4. What type of democracy would Rousseau like?

5. What does Rousseau say at the end of Chapter 1 might contradict virtue?

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