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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau want everyone to recognize in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The power of greed.
(b) The authority of the state.
(c) The authority of art.
(d) The wealth of the land.

3. What can only be brought about by ignorance given its results according to Rousseau?
(a) Political behavior.
(b) Talent.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Moral behavior.

4. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?
(a) The progress of art.
(b) Wars.
(c) Government contol.
(d) The progress of arts and sciences.

5. 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) Moral corruption.
(b) Art.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Desire.

6. How does Rousseau want to live and die?
(a) In solitude.
(b) Freely.
(c) With power.
(d) With love.

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

8. What does Rousseau say arts require?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Passion.
(c) Talent.
(d) Power.

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

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

11. How do modern centuries see natural law?
(a) Rules given to men, given to themselves.
(b) Rules.
(c) Understood rules.
(d) Accepted societal behavior.

12. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) The growth of inequality between men.
(b) The use of science.
(c) The growth of social classes.
(d) The growth of desire.

13. 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"?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) France.

14. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?
(a) The arts and sciences.
(b) The government.
(c) The wealth of the state.
(d) The church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of government worries Rousseau?

2. 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?

3. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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

5. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?

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