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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 has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?
(a) The progress of arts and sciences.
(b) Wars.
(c) Government contol.
(d) The progress of art.

2. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
(a) The progress of talent.
(b) The establishment of beauty.
(c) The progress of art.
(d) The establishment of talent.

3. 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) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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 power.
(b) Knowing how to act.
(c) Knowing how to speak.
(d) Knowing consequence.

5. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?
(a) To feel control.
(b) He doesn't think they lie.
(c) To be controlled.
(d) So they can hide their motives and suppress them.

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 should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?

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

4. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

5. What do people seek that do not exist, according to Rousseau at the end of Chapter 2, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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