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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. 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) Civilized.
(c) Equal.
(d) Angry.

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

3. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?
(a) Strengthen them.
(b) Improve them.
(c) Affect them.
(d) Worsen them.

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

5. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Their narcissism.
(b) Their wickedness.
(c) Their infatuation.
(d) Their kindness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?

3. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?

4. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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

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