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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau think artistic progress produces?
(a) Riches.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Poverty.

2. What does Rousseau say preceded what men are coming to?
(a) Barbarism.
(b) Socratism.
(c) Sophism.
(d) Enlightenment.

3. What does Rousseau say became of arts and sciences?
(a) A ghetto for rich people.
(b) Easy to access.
(c) Dictatorial.
(d) Open.

4. When did Rousseau die?
(a) 1778.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1777.

5. When did Rousseau flee France?
(a) 1778.
(b) 1770.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do men separate themselves according to Rousseau?

2. What is needed by history according to Rousseau?

3. What does Rousseau argue about the the society in which he was living in the First Discourse?

4. What does science prevent the production of according to Rousseau?

5. How does Rousseau say science produces war?

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