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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?
(a) So they can hide their motives and suppress them.
(b) To feel control.
(c) To be controlled.
(d) He doesn't think they lie.

2. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?
(a) Profligacy.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Equality.
(d) Increased slavery.

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Priests.
(b) Textbook writers.
(c) Historians.
(d) Kings.

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

5. Who does Rousseau thank at the beginning of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) His sovereign lords.
(b) His children.
(c) His parents.
(d) His wife.

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

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

8. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?
(a) Government and the law.
(b) Reason and religion.
(c) Reason.
(d) Power and religion.

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

10. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Desire.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Art.
(d) Moral corruption.

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

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

13. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?
(a) Opposing interests,
(b) Opposing goals.
(c) The game goals.
(d) The same beliefs.

14. 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.

15. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Knowing consequence.
(b) Knowing power.
(c) Knowing how to act.
(d) Knowing how to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rousseau believe created physics?

2. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

3. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

4. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?

5. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?

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