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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. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Desire.
(c) Art.
(d) Moral corruption.

2. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Equal.
(c) Affiliated.
(d) Angry.

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 wickedness.
(b) Their kindness.
(c) Their narcissism.
(d) Their infatuation.

4. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?
(a) It gives knowledge.
(b) It enables the desire of revenge.
(c) It allows plan of attacks.
(d) It produces better weapons.

5. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?
(a) Reason.
(b) Reason and religion.
(c) Power and religion.
(d) Government and the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What created ethics according to Rousseau?

2. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

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

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

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

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