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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?
(a) Talent is defined, but not beauty.
(b) Society is larger and uncertainty conceals vices.
(c) Talent and beauty are not defined.
(d) Beauty makes one work harder.

3. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Their narcissism.
(b) Their infatuation.
(c) Their kindness.
(d) Their wickedness.

4. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
(a) The government.
(b) The arts and sciences.
(c) The wealth of the state.
(d) The church.

5. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Men should be humiliated by this.
(b) Be humbled by it.
(c) Embrace it.
(d) Be proud of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau believe men should feel at the state of leaving ignorance?

2. What does Rousseau write was required in order to reach a new period of reason?

3. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

4. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?

5. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?

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