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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 car of knowledge.
(c) A chariot of intelligence.
(d) A train of vices.

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

3. What does laziness do to men according to Rousseau?
(a) Makes them philosophers.
(b) Turn them into artists.
(c) Makes them into thieves.
(d) Regress them to the state of nature.

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

5. What question does Rousseau try to answer about society?
(a) Is society accepting the rule of the kings?
(b) Is society good for animals?
(c) Is society good for men?
(d) Is society ready for change?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue science often begins with in Chapter 2?

2. What does Rousseau say preceded what men are coming to?

3. What did the "philosophes" think would happen to a society where false beliefs wither?

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

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

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