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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. 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"?
(a) Their infatuation.
(b) Their narcissism.
(c) Their wickedness.
(d) Their kindness.

2. 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.

3. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?
(a) Love.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Power.
(d) Wealth.

4. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?
(a) It's evil.
(b) It's a good thing.
(c) It allows growth.
(d) It's necessary.

5. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?
(a) If corruption negates artistic quality.
(b) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.
(c) If morality purifies science.
(d) How morality and corruption affect one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rousseau saddened by in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

2. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. What good definition is hard to find, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau reflect on at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

5. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?

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