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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?
(a) Desire and the corruption of soul.
(b) Luxury and the corruption of taste.
(c) Pride and corruption of intelligence.
(d) Greed.

2. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Money.
(b) Display.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Praise.

3. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Many civilizations believe that science arose from an enemy of humanity.
(b) That the government is corrupt.
(c) Many civilizations believe that art arose from an enemy of humanity.
(d) That the arts are corrupt.

4. What makes use of human understanding, according to Rousseau?
(a) Nature.
(b) Brain.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Law.

5. 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) Art.
(c) Desire.
(d) Moral corruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe ensures wicked doctrines corrupting life forever?

2. What do humans owe many of their ideas to?

3. What does Rousseau say separates the sensation of the savage from simple knowledge?

4. What can society no longer exist on after luxury is introduced, according to Rousseau?

5. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?

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