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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 does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Tolerance.

2. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?
(a) Equality.
(b) Increased slavery.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Luxury.

3. 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) Affiliated.
(b) Equal.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Angry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say arts require?

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

3. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

4. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

5. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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