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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 do people accept in Rousseau's perfect city?
(a) Art.
(b) The state ruling authority.
(c) Rousseau's wisdom.
(d) To be treated fairly.

2. What collapses with riches according to Rousseau?
(a) Morality.
(b) Education.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

3. What is needed by history according to Rousseau?
(a) Tyrants and war.
(b) Historians.
(c) Many libraries.
(d) Good philosophers.

4. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to retain?
(a) Their democracy.
(b) Their right to ignore the law.
(c) Their banks.
(d) Their art.

5. What does Rousseau say is the reason for the increase he saw in France?
(a) The bourgeois extended their hold on the economy.
(b) Sciences made people want more.
(c) Art has become easily accessible.
(d) Men left their ignorance behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?

2. What does Rousseau say sciences does not improve?

3. How many sections does the Introduction say the Second Discourse has?

4. What does Rousseau say humanity possessed even before the advent of art?

5. How does Rousseau want to live his life?

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