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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say men can hide from open discernment?
(a) Their love of God.
(b) Science.
(c) Their incompetence.
(d) Their motives.

2. What has the power to disrupt society regularly?
(a) A revolution.
(b) The law.
(c) Love.
(d) War.

3. How does Rousseau qualify the time doing nothing as?
(a) Wasted.
(b) Rest.
(c) Time to reflect.
(d) Wicked.

4. What does Rousseau say matters little in the pursuit of virtue?
(a) Work.
(b) Education.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Art.

5. What does Rousseau say men dwell on?
(a) Wants.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say removes men from reality?

2. What knowledge cannot be imputed when imagining the state of nature according to Rousseau?

3. What contradiction was Rousseau trying to illuminate?

4. What type of government does Rousseau say has no rationale and is against nature?

5. What question does Rousseau try to answer about society?

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