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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 civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
(a) The English and Greeks.
(b) The Germans and Irish.
(c) The Romans and Greeks.
(d) The Romans and Germans.

2. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?
(a) Show compassion.
(b) Reap glory and remain obscure.
(c) Be humble.
(d) Live in exile.

3. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?
(a) Improve them.
(b) Worsen them.
(c) Affect them.
(d) Strengthen them.

4. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
(a) The progress of talent.
(b) The establishment of talent.
(c) The establishment of beauty.
(d) The progress of art.

5. What would make an artist sad according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) If no one cared for art.
(b) If art was deemed evil.
(c) If art was banished.
(d) If no art was made.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

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

3. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?

4. What is tragic about an increasing knowledge, according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

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