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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 argue science often begins with in Chapter 2?
(a) Need for new weapons.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Lack of knowledge.
(d) Desire for power.

2. What civilizations does Rousseau use to demonstrate his point on morality?
(a) Russians and Japanese.
(b) Germans and Prussians.
(c) Romans and Greeks.
(d) French and British.

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

4. What did the "philosophes" think would happen to a society where false beliefs wither?
(a) It would collapse.
(b) It would get better.
(c) It would rule the world.
(d) Women would come to power.

5. What does Rousseau say that the men will soon require?
(a) Patience.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Arts.
(d) Meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say about public praise?

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

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

4. How does Rousseau qualify the time doing nothing as?

5. What does luxury generate according to Rousseau?

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