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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?
(a) The arts and sciences were only a luxury.
(b) They discovered that they were better off in their ignorance.
(c) The arts and sciences were a detrimental luxury.
(d) The needed the arts and sciences.

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

3. What good definition is hard to find, according to Rousseau?
(a) Human greed.
(b) Human law.
(c) Natural law.
(d) Natural greed.

4. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) Engineering.
(b) The sciences.
(c) Religion.
(d) The arts.

5. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Many civilizations believe that science arose from an enemy of humanity.
(b) That the government is corrupt.
(c) Many civilizations believe that art arose from an enemy of humanity.
(d) That the arts are corrupt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau write was required in order to reach a new period of reason?

3. What type of government worries Rousseau?

4. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

5. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?

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