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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 say is hidden in society?
(a) A boatload of art.
(b) A train of vices.
(c) A chariot of intelligence.
(d) A car of knowledge.

2. What does Rousseau wonder is improved or undermined by restoring the arts and sciences?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Morality.
(c) Values.
(d) Virtue.

3. What is needed by arts according to Rousseau?
(a) Riches.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Museums.
(d) Paint.

4. What does Rousseau say artists rarely are?
(a) Patriots or good men.
(b) Smart.
(c) Good.
(d) Successful.

5. What fell apart according to Rousseau?
(a) Totalitarian government.
(b) The upperclass way of life.
(c) The French monarchy.
(d) Arts and sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say happened to what fell apart in Chapter 1?

2. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?

3. What collapses with riches according to Rousseau?

4. What did Rousseau use to counterbalance the potential good of modernity?

5. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?

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