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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. Who attacked art and science according to Rousseau?
(a) Hobbes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

2. What contradiction was Rousseau trying to illuminate?
(a) Honest politicians.
(b) Great kings.
(c) Dark sun.
(d) Enlightened despotism.

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

4. What reflects in the science it helped produce?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Evil.
(c) Processes.
(d) Intelligence.

5. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences have aided the suppression of?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Evil.
(d) Monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which place does the Dedication praise as a virtuous republic?

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

4. How does the Introduction classify both Hobbes and Locke?

5. What does Rousseau say became of arts and sciences?

(see the answer key)

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