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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 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 learning.
(b) Morality and learning.
(c) Learning and ignorance.
(d) Virtue and morality.

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

3. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?
(a) Increased slavery.
(b) Equality.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Luxury.

4. What type of government worries Rousseau?
(a) Republican.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Green.
(d) Dictatorship.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?

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

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

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