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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Be humbled by it.
(b) Men should be humiliated by this.
(c) Be proud of it.
(d) Embrace it.

2. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?
(a) The improve well roundedness.
(b) They negate human reason.
(c) They corrupt human importance.
(d) They corrupt human thought.

3. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?
(a) To be controlled.
(b) So they can hide their motives and suppress them.
(c) To feel control.
(d) He doesn't think they lie.

4. What does Rousseau write was required in order to reach a new period of reason?
(a) A new period of desire.
(b) A period of art.
(c) The ability to forgive.
(d) A revolution.

5. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?
(a) America's industrialism.
(b) Rome's fall of empire.
(c) Europe's barbarism.
(d) Europe's fall of empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?

2. 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"?

3. How does Rousseau believe men should feel at the state of leaving ignorance?

4. 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?

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

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