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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 art was deemed evil.
(b) If no one cared for art.
(c) If no art was made.
(d) If art was banished.

2. What is a natural virtue considered to be, according to Rousseau?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Love.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Desire.

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

4. What does Rousseau mention men differ in as common character starts to develop within the human?
(a) Wealth and beauty.
(b) Beauty and wealth.
(c) Beauty and talent.
(d) Wealth only.

5. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?
(a) The public embraced it.
(b) The public rejected it.
(c) It stifled mans' original liberty and caused people to love their slavery.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?

2. What is the "celestial voice", according to Rousseau?

3. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

4. What does Rousseau believe divides a repressed man?

5. Which of the following are NOT the natural enemies of mankind, mentioned in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

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