1. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?
(a) Without greed and power.
(b) Without tyrants or wars.
(c) Money.
(d) Government.

2. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Love.

3. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?
(a) Show compassion.
(b) Be humble.
(c) Live in exile.
(d) Reap glory and remain obscure.

4. What did Rousseau believe created physics?
(a) Desire.
(b) Idleness.
(c) Greed.
(d) Pride.

5. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?
(a) To make peace.
(b) To make war.
(c) To vote.
(d) To make laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?

2. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. What does Rousseau say arts require?

4. What is human understanding rooted in, according to Rousseau?

5. What do men have that can be combined, according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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