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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 type of government does Rousseau say has no rationale and is against nature?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Hereditary monarchy.
(c) Republic.
(d) Democracy.

2. What were Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke critiquing?
(a) The rational basis of natural law and religion.
(b) Rousseau's relation with Frederick the Great.
(c) The rational basis of monarchy.
(d) People obsessed by material possession.

3. Which place does the Dedication praise as a virtuous republic?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Russia.

4. What was the most popular form of government in Europe during Rousseau's time?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Enlightened Despotism.
(d) Democracy.

5. What does luxury generate according to Rousseau?
(a) Good men.
(b) Free time.
(c) Art.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What civilizations does Rousseau use to demonstrate his point on morality?

2. What does Rousseau say humanity possessed even before the advent of art?

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

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

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

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