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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. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

2. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) The arts.
(b) Religion.
(c) The sciences.
(d) Engineering.

3. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?
(a) Giving up power.
(b) Complete idleness.
(c) Complete desire.
(d) Incomplete passion.

4. What was the state of France, according to Rousseau, as a result of the introduction of the arts and sciences?
(a) The needed the arts and sciences.
(b) They discovered that they were better off in their ignorance.
(c) The arts and sciences were only a luxury.
(d) The arts and sciences were a detrimental luxury.

5. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau believe is an artist's greatest compensation for his labor?

2. What does Rousseau write was required in order to reach a new period of reason?

3. What has destroyed taste, according to the end of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

4. What does Rousseau consider to see if the contradiction he found was true?

5. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?

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