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

2. How does Rousseau believe men should feel at the state of leaving ignorance?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Discerned.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Proud.

3. Mankind's new period of reason is a transition from what age according to Rousseau?
(a) Europe's fall of empire.
(b) America's industrialism.
(c) Europe's barbarism.
(d) Rome's fall of empire.

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

5. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rousseau, what ancient thinker praised ignorance?

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

3. Which other civilizations were NOT mentioned by Rousseau as being impacted by the progress of art?

4. Which was NOT a result in France from leaving behind ignorance?

5. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?

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