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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau think artistic progress produces?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Riches.

2. What should the preface of the Second Discourse say philosophers must focus on?
(a) The oppression of the masses.
(b) Inequality between men and women.
(c) Why philosophers are great.
(d) Nature of man.

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

4. What does Rousseau say the restrictions imposed by arts and sciences do?
(a) Make despotic governments bearable.
(b) Make people think.
(c) Make untalented people famous.
(d) Make people civilized.

5. Where was Rousseau born according to the Introduction?
(a) Paris.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Nice.
(d) Lyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say men came to love?

2. What does Rousseau say increased in France?

3. Who attacked art and science according to Rousseau?

4. What should academies organize society around?

5. What does Rousseau say might result only in ignorance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has art and science affected France, according to Chapter 1?

2. What is the most popular form of government in 18th century France and how is it described?

3. According to the Introduction, what has Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspired?

4. What does the Second Discourse focus on?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Rousseau believe about talented people?

6. Who does Rousseau refer to in his statement about how the sciences to not improve morals?

7. What does Rousseau believe contradicts one another?

8. How does Rousseau depict men of today?

9. What examples of vanity does Rousseau give in Chapter 2?

10. What is at the heart of Rousseau's philosophy, according to the Introduction?

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