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 should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Embrace it.
(b) Be proud of it.
(c) Be humbled by it.
(d) Men should be humiliated by this.

2. What has added little to happiness in humans, according to Rousseau?
(a) The progress of art.
(b) Wars.
(c) The progress of arts and sciences.
(d) Government contol.

3. What is the abuse of morality generated by, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) The growth of social classes.
(b) The growth of desire.
(c) The use of science.
(d) The growth of inequality between men.

4. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
(a) Art.
(b) Desire.
(c) Moral corruption.
(d) Virtue.

5. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?
(a) So they can hide their motives and suppress them.
(b) To feel control.
(c) He doesn't think they lie.
(d) To be controlled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?

2. What does Rousseau say arts require?

3. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?

4. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?

5. How is wasting time viewed by society today, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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