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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of society increased according to Rousseau?
(a) It's reliance on science.
(b) It's size.
(c) It's desire for art.
(d) It's thirst for knowledge?

2. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?
(a) Better rulers.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Better life for everyone.
(d) Laziness.

3. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?
(a) A way to better ourselves.
(b) Captivating.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Good for society.

4. Why does Rousseau say humanity remains secure?
(a) They are able to appreciate the arts.
(b) They are able to travel to other countries easily.
(c) They are able to understand the sciences.
(d) They are able to see each other's motives.

5. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?
(a) Inequality between men and women.
(b) Nature of man.
(c) The oppression of the masses.
(d) Why philosophers are great.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say men came to love?

2. How does Rousseau qualify the relationship between the restrictions imposed by arts and sciences and their influence on society?

3. Who attacked art and science according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau say men can do in the present?

5. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?

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