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

2. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?
(a) Complete idleness.
(b) Complete desire.
(c) Incomplete passion.
(d) Giving up power.

3. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) That the government is corrupt.
(b) That the arts are corrupt.
(c) Many civilizations believe that science arose from an enemy of humanity.
(d) Many civilizations believe that art arose from an enemy of humanity.

4. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The evolution of man.
(b) The nature of man.
(c) The nature of greed.
(d) The evolution of greed.

5. What does Rousseau think the body politic is understood to be?
(a) The living body.
(b) The representation of man.
(c) The senate and leader.
(d) The conflict in men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe divides a repressed man?

2. According to Rousseau, what is the savage man of nature focused on?

3. What does Rousseau believe follows the heels of metallurgy and agriculture?

4. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?

5. According to Rousseau, who destroyed human compassion?

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