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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 argue generates physics?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Greed.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Secrecy.

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

3. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences have aided the suppression of?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Evil.
(d) Intelligence.

4. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Captivating.
(c) Good for society.
(d) A way to better ourselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do men separate themselves according to Rousseau?

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

3. What does Rousseau say about public praise?

4. What does laziness do to men according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau say men came to love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What claim about civilization is made at the start of Chapter 2?

2. What does Rousseau state about artists?

3. What does Rousseau believe contradicts one another?

4. What does the First Discourse argue?

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

6. What does Rousseau believe about open discernment?

7. What does the Second Discourse focus on?

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

9. According to the Introduction, what does the First Discourse seek to prove?

10. How does Rousseau explain the nature of man in relation to art?

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