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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 is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing power.
(b) Knowing how to act.
(c) Knowing consequence.
(d) Knowing how to speak.

2. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their desire.
(c) Their work.
(d) Their family.

3. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Power.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Remedies.

4. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Art.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Music.
(d) Virtue.

5. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?
(a) Be humble.
(b) Show compassion.
(c) Reap glory and remain obscure.
(d) Live in exile.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?

2. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?

3. 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"?

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"?

5. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?

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