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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. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Issac Newton.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

2. What does Rousseau believe is the reason men now live apart?
(a) Secrecy is best.
(b) To keep their personal secrets.
(c) To hide their wickedness.
(d) To have more land.

3. What makes motives hard to discern in the modern age, according to Rousseau?
(a) Talent and beauty are not defined.
(b) Beauty makes one work harder.
(c) Society is larger and uncertainty conceals vices.
(d) Talent is defined, but not beauty.

4. 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"?
(a) Needed.
(b) Good.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Evil.

5. What does Rousseau say wise men do not chase?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rousseau argue at the beginning of "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

3. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?

4. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?

5. What does Rousseau believe would return humans to the original state of society?

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