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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Rousseau reject the notion of natural law?
(a) He wants to contradict all the thinkers of his time.
(b) Locke favors it.
(c) His royalty backers don't like the concept.
(d) We do not yet know the nature of man.
2. What contradiction was Rousseau trying to illuminate?
(a) Honest politicians.
(b) Dark sun.
(c) Enlightened despotism.
(d) Great kings.
3. How do people see the weak according to Rousseau?
(a) As ignorant.
(b) People try to not to see them.
(c) In power.
(d) Enslaved.
4. What type of government arises when inequality is the weakest?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Oligarchy.
5. Who tells the human to do good for himself and as little evil as he can to others?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) The law.
(c) God.
(d) Nature.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences restrict?
2. What is needed by the law according to Rousseau?
3. What is the first language of man according to Rousseau?
4. Which place does the Dedication praise as a virtuous republic?
5. What does the wealthy and prosperous hero want to become?
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