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

2. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?
(a) The improve well roundedness.
(b) They negate human reason.
(c) They corrupt human importance.
(d) They corrupt human thought.

3. How did Rousseau feel men treated morality before art?
(a) Men had a rude but natural morality.
(b) Men ignored it.
(c) Men were ignorant to it.
(d) With passion.

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

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"?
(a) Their work.
(b) Their desire.
(c) Their country.
(d) Their family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau want to live and die?

2. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?

3. 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"?

4. 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?

5. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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".

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

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

5. What does Jean-Jacques Rousseau's earliest discourse discuss?

6. How does Rousseau feel everyone could reach happiness according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

7. 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"?

8. What does Rousseay describe the "social man"as?

9. Describe how Rousseau feels society can become despotic.

10. Describe what natural law is according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".

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