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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of land does Rousseau prefer to live in?
(a) Where no man is equal.
(b) Where everyone is equal.
(c) Where no art exists.
(d) Where he can live freely.

2. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their country.
(c) Their history.
(d) Their parents.

3. 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 greed.
(b) The nature of man.
(c) The nature of greed.
(d) The evolution of man.

4. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?
(a) Artists.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Priests.
(d) Philosphers.

5. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?
(a) Issac Newton.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

6. What good definition is hard to find, according to Rousseau?
(a) Natural law.
(b) Human greed.
(c) Human law.
(d) Natural greed.

7. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?
(a) Greed.
(b) Luxury and the corruption of taste.
(c) Pride and corruption of intelligence.
(d) Desire and the corruption of soul.

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

9. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Compassion.

10. Which of the following does Rousseau NOT want the youth to seek?
(a) Repentance.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Pleasures.
(d) Light.

11. What does luxury generate according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Social classes.
(b) Greed.
(c) Power.
(d) Time wasted.

12. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) Religion.
(b) The sciences.
(c) The arts.
(d) Engineering.

13. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?
(a) Their role.
(b) To be humble.
(c) Their duty.
(d) To love.

14. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?

2. How do modern centuries see natural law?

3. What is the main task of Rousseau's, "The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

4. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?

5. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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