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 was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?
(a) The needed the arts and sciences.
(b) They discovered that they were better off in their ignorance.
(c) The arts and sciences were only a luxury.
(d) The arts and sciences were a detrimental luxury.

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

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Priests.
(b) Historians.
(c) Textbook writers.
(d) Kings.

4. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
(a) The establishment of beauty.
(b) The progress of art.
(c) The establishment of talent.
(d) The progress of talent.

5. 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) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?

2. What created ethics according to Rousseau?

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

4. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?

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

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