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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?
2. What should society teach men to do instead of pursuing virtue, according to Rousseau?
3. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
4. What civilizations does Rousseau follow to track the decline of morality?
5. What would make an artist sad according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the introduction of art affect men according to Rousseau in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
2. Explain why Rousseau feels ignorance has been praised.
3. What does Rousseay describe the "social man"as?
4. Explain how private persons have become slaves, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".
5. What does Rousseau feel humans are called to, according "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
6. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" how do Political Societies operate?
7. Describe the type of land Rousseau states he prefers to live in in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".
8. Explain Rousseau's view of philosophers.
9. According to Rousseau, how does science negatively affect the human population?
10. Describe how Rousseau feels about luxury?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain and analyze how speech is a "cry of nature" and how Rousseau feels speech evolved.
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze how luxury is a result of development and without development, luxury would not exist, according to Rousseau.
Essay Topic 3
Describe and explain how morality's corruption does or does not destroy taste, according to Rousseau.
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