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

2. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
(a) The church.
(b) The government.
(c) The wealth of the state.
(d) The arts and sciences.

3. What can only be brought about by ignorance given its results according to Rousseau?
(a) Political behavior.
(b) Moral behavior.
(c) Talent.
(d) Bliss.

4. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

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 kindness.
(b) Their narcissism.
(c) Their wickedness.
(d) Their infatuation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?

3. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?

4. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

5. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?

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