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

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"?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Moral corruption.
(c) Art.
(d) Desire.

3. 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 how to act.
(c) Knowing power.
(d) Knowing consequence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

4. What does Rousseau believe ensures wicked doctrines corrupting life forever?

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"?

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