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

2. 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?
(a) If morality purifies science.
(b) If corruption negates artistic quality.
(c) How morality and corruption affect one another.
(d) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.

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

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

5. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?
(a) Artists.
(b) Priests.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Philosphers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?

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"?

3. What can only be brought about by ignorance given its results according to Rousseau?

4. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?

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

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