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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 think the government and society can have?
(a) The game goals.
(b) Opposing interests,
(c) The same beliefs.
(d) Opposing goals.
2. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?
(a) Enormous.
(b) Equal.
(c) Large.
(d) Small.
3. How does Rousseau want to live and die?
(a) In solitude.
(b) Freely.
(c) With love.
(d) With power.
4. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?
(a) To hide their wickedness.
(b) To have more land.
(c) To keep their personal secrets.
(d) Secrecy is best.
5. 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?
(a) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.
(b) How morality and corruption affect one another.
(c) If corruption negates artistic quality.
(d) If morality purifies science.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?
2. What does Rousseau say arts require?
3. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
4. What does one have no time to learn when he or she is learning science, according to Rousseau?
5. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the effects of idleness on humanity, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
2. Discuss what the results of growth of words had on society, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".
3. Explain how Rousseau feels about knowledge as described in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".
4. Explain Rousseau's view of philosophers.
5. Describe how Rousseau feels about luxury?
6. How does Rousseau feel about his fellow citizens according to "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
7. Describe what type of person Rousseau wants to represent the State.
8. Compare and contrast the difference of amore-propre to philosophy according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".
9. Explain what "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II" suggests cheapens virtue.
10. Discuss Rousseau's opinion on taxation.
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