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

2. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Luxury.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

4. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?

5. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

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