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

2. According to Rousseau, in the revival, the arts and sciences existed under what entities?
(a) Reason and religion.
(b) Reason.
(c) Power and religion.
(d) Government and the law.

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

4. What does Rousseau's "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" discuss about the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences and morality?
(a) If morality purifies science.
(b) If corruption negates artistic quality.
(c) If morality is purified or corrupted by arts and science.
(d) How morality and corruption affect one another.

5. What is Rousseau's biggest worry when discussing the correlation between the restoration of the arts and sciences in?
(a) To not be objective.
(b) To be selective in his research.
(c) It is difficult to treat the subject properly.
(d) That he will not explain it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are virtue and learning related according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

2. What is true philosophy, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

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

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

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

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