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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rousseau use to counterbalance the potential good of modernity?
(a) The potential for democracy to fail.
(b) The potential for modernity to annihilate itself.
(c) The potential for the kings of Europe to crush any philosophical movement.
(d) The potential for modernity to revert to savagery.

2. What does Rousseau argue the arts force men to reward people based on?
(a) Birth.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Fortune.

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

4. Where was Rousseau born according to the Introduction?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Nice.
(c) Lyon.
(d) Paris.

5. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Changes in the Monarchy.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most popular form of government in Europe during Rousseau's time?

2. Why does Rousseau reject the notion of natural law?

3. What did the "philosophes" think would happen to a society where false beliefs wither?

4. What were Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke trying to avoid when they were building their theories?

5. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?

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