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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Evil.
(c) Good.
(d) Needed.

2. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?
(a) To make war.
(b) To make laws.
(c) To make peace.
(d) To vote.

3. 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.

4. 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) How morality and corruption affect one another.
(c) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.
(d) If morality purifies science.

5. What created ethics according to Rousseau?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Greed.
(c) Pride.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?

2. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?

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

4. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

5. What does Rousseau believe man's current state has more of in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

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