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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. 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"?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

2. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?
(a) The improve well roundedness.
(b) They negate human reason.
(c) They corrupt human importance.
(d) They corrupt human thought.

3. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?
(a) Men were ignorant to it.
(b) Men ignored it.
(c) Men had a rude but natural morality.
(d) With passion.

4. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Needed.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Evil.
(d) Good.

5. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Rome.
(c) Ancient Egypt.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

5. What does Rousseau believe happens with the more a human knows?

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