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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 is Rousseau concerned about in the treatment of the topic of Chapter 1?
(a) The difficulty of being accurate.
(b) The arguments for and against are the same.
(c) The difficulty of being fair.
(d) Being unfair means favoring the arts.

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

3. What Saint influenced Rousseau's vision?
(a) Saint Thomas.
(b) Saint Augustine.
(c) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Saint John of the Cross

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

5. What is not superior to the present day?
(a) Art.
(b) Science.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Nature of man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue enlightenment usually produces?

2. What were Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke trying to avoid when they were building their theories?

3. What question does Rousseau try to answer about society?

4. What does the pursuit of art and science not teach citizens?

5. What is needed by history according to Rousseau?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rousseau state about artists?

2. What does Rousseau believe about the growing size of society?

3. What does the Second Discourse focus on?

4. At the start of Chapter 1, what is Rousseau concerned about?

5. What are the two laws of nature and natural right?

6. What does Rousseau believe about time?

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

8. What does Rousseau state has fallen apart in Chapter 1?

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

10. What examples does Rousseau offer in his demonstration of how progress produced corruption?

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