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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. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?
(a) It gives knowledge.
(b) It enables the desire of revenge.
(c) It produces better weapons.
(d) It allows plan of attacks.

2. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

3. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Virtue and morality.
(b) Morality and learning.
(c) Learning and ignorance.
(d) Virtue and learning.

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

5. 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) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say arts require?

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

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

4. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?

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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