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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

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

4. 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) Time wasted.
(d) Power.

5. What does Rousseau argue about the discovery of the nature man?
(a) There is no direct evidence.
(b) It is natural and innate.
(c) It is odd and perplexing.
(d) There is direct evidence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of government worries Rousseau?

3. What is tragic about an increasing knowledge, according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

5. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Rousseau feels society can become despotic.

2. Explain what Rousseau suggests about mankind's living quarters in their earliest stage.

3. Explain how the revival of the arts and sciences affected society according to Rousseau in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I".

4. Explain why Rousseau believes it is difficult to discuss the effects that the arts and sciences have on society.

5. How should people with great talent behave, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

6. Explain how private persons have become slaves, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".

7. How does economic inequality evolve according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two"?

8. Describe how Rousseau feels about property rights according to "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".

9. According to Rousseau, how does science negatively affect the human population?

10. Explain why Rousseau feels ignorance has been praised.

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