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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 should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Embrace it.
(b) Be humbled by it.
(c) Be proud of it.
(d) Men should be humiliated by this.

2. What does Rousseau want all individuals to have love for?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their history.
(d) Their country.

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

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

5. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?
(a) It gives knowledge.
(b) It enables the desire of revenge.
(c) It produces better weapons.
(d) It allows plan of attacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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 say wise men do not chase?

4. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

5. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Rousseau, how is it a paradox that the government makes man both free and subjects?

2. What is the general will composed of, according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

3. 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"?

4. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" how do Political Societies operate?

5. Where does Rousseau believe many civilizations believe science arose from according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

6. Explain Rousseau's view of philosophers.

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

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

9. What were man's two first feelings according to Rousseau?

10. Describe how the arts and sciences have helped to repress our wickedness, according to Rousseau.

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