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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. 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"?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. What would history be empty without, according Rousseau?
(a) Government.
(b) Money.
(c) Without tyrants or wars.
(d) Without greed and power.

3. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Art.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Music.

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

5. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?
(a) To love.
(b) To be humble.
(c) Their role.
(d) Their duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

2. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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

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

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

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