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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. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) The arts.
(b) The sciences.
(c) Religion.
(d) Engineering.

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

3. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?
(a) To be humble.
(b) Their role.
(c) To love.
(d) Their duty.

4. What does Rousseau say arts require?
(a) Power.
(b) Passion.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Talent.

5. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
(a) The Romans and Greeks.
(b) The Germans and Irish.
(c) The English and Greeks.
(d) The Romans and Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

2. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

4. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

5. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?

(see the answer key)

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