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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do lazy children perform according to Rousseau?
(a) Great art.
(b) Wicked deeds.
(c) Play games.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does the pursuit of art and science not teach citizens?
(a) To question authority.
(b) To be virtuous.
(c) To take care of themselves.
(d) To grow their own food.

3. What does Rousseau say became of arts and sciences?
(a) Dictatorial.
(b) Easy to access.
(c) A ghetto for rich people.
(d) Open.

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

5. How can what Rousseau say fell apart survive under?
(a) Law and government.
(b) His guidance.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Religion.

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

7. What did Rousseau use to counterbalance the potential good of modernity?
(a) The potential for modernity to annihilate itself.
(b) The potential for modernity to revert to savagery.
(c) The potential for the kings of Europe to crush any philosophical movement.
(d) The potential for democracy to fail.

8. Why do men separate themselves according to Rousseau?
(a) To think good thoughts.
(b) To hide their vice.
(c) To plot against others.
(d) To play.

9. What does Rousseau argue generates geometry?
(a) Reasoning.
(b) Greed.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Sympathy.

10. What is, in science, more likely to result from speculation than truth?
(a) Receiving research funding.
(b) A workable product.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Error.

11. What does Rousseau argue generates ethics?
(a) Religion.
(b) Pride.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Knowledge.

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

13. How many sections does the Introduction say the Second Discourse has?
(a) 9 sections.
(b) 6 sections.
(c) 4 sections.
(d) 5 sections.

14. What follows the spread of knowledge according to the First Discourse?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Riches.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Corruption.

15. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences restrict?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Ability to think.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would artists feel if they were to work amongst those who hate their work according to Rousseau?

2. What part of society increased according to Rousseau?

3. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?

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

5. What does Rousseau say men can hide from open discernment?

(see the answer keys)

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