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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 kindness.
(c) Their wickedness.
(d) Their narcissism.

2. How does Rousseau want to live and die?
(a) In solitude.
(b) With power.
(c) Freely.
(d) With love.

3. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The wealth of the land.
(b) The power of greed.
(c) The authority of the state.
(d) The authority of art.

4. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?
(a) Priests.
(b) Philosphers.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Artists.

5. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Be proud of it.
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Be humbled by it.
(d) Men should be humiliated by this.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?

2. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?

3. What type of government worries Rousseau?

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

5. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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