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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Slavery.

2. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?
(a) It's evil.
(b) It's necessary.
(c) It's a good thing.
(d) It allows growth.

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

4. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing how to speak.
(b) Knowing how to act.
(c) Knowing consequence.
(d) Knowing power.

5. 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"?
(a) The use of science.
(b) The growth of social classes.
(c) The growth of desire.
(d) The growth of inequality between men.

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 does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?

3. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

4. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?

5. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

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