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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 does the savage man constantly focuses on?
(a) Love.
(b) War.
(c) Self-preservation.
(d) Betting himself.

2. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?
(a) Sciences and arts.
(b) Government and philosophy.
(c) Despotism and freedom.
(d) Monarchy and prisons.

3. What contradiction was Rousseau trying to illuminate?
(a) Great kings.
(b) Honest politicians.
(c) Enlightened despotism.
(d) Dark sun.

4. Who does Rousseau say does not exhibit conditions to the same degree as modern man?
(a) Women.
(b) Ancient men.
(c) Children.
(d) Savages.

5. What does Rousseau say of the needs and goals of the society compared to that of the government?
(a) The people should require that his needs be taken into account.
(b) They might not be the same.
(c) They are always the same.
(d) The needs of the government trump the ones of the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say men dwell on?

2. What produces economic inequality according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau wonder is improved or undermined by restoring the arts and sciences?

4. What Saint influenced Rousseau's vision?

5. Where does Rousseau think language came from?

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