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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. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) One must learn to understand virtue.
(b) Virtue exitsts without knowledge of it.
(c) They are contradictory.
(d) They are polar opposites.

2. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?
(a) Praise.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Display.
(d) Money.

3. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Issac Newton.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

4. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing how to speak.
(b) Knowing power.
(c) Knowing how to act.
(d) Knowing consequence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?

4. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?

5. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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