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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?
(a) Increased slavery.
(b) Equality.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Luxury.

2. What can only be brought about by ignorance given its results according to Rousseau?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Moral behavior.
(c) Political behavior.
(d) Talent.

3. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Virtue exitsts without knowledge of it.
(b) They are contradictory.
(c) One must learn to understand virtue.
(d) They are polar opposites.

4. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Equal.
(c) Affiliated.
(d) Civilized.

5. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Hermes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?

2. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?

3. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?

4. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?

5. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?

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