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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. What does the dissolution of morality follow according to Rousseau?
(a) Greed.
(b) Desire and the corruption of soul.
(c) Luxury and the corruption of taste.
(d) Pride and corruption of intelligence.

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

3. Who spread knowledge to the masses, according to Rousseau?
(a) Kings.
(b) Historians.
(c) Textbook writers.
(d) Priests.

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

5. Describe what Rousseau felt the following did NOT do for human morals in regard to the arts and sciences.?
(a) Strengthen them.
(b) Affect them.
(c) Worsen them.
(d) Improve them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau understand about the idleness in children?

2. According to Rousseau, which of the following did not arise as a result of leaving a state of ignorance?

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

4. Who did Rousseau praise for his ignorance in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part 1"?

5. What was the result of the arts and sciences becoming despotic, according to Rousseau?

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