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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue about the discovery of the nature man?
(a) There is direct evidence.
(b) It is natural and innate.
(c) It is odd and perplexing.
(d) There is no direct evidence.

2. What does Rousseau hope the citizens are able to keep?
(a) Faith.
(b) Hope.
(c) Power.
(d) Their democracy.

3. What type of government worries Rousseau?
(a) Green.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Republican.
(d) Democratic.

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

5. What does Rousseau say the size of the state should be in order to propose laws freely?
(a) Equal.
(b) Enormous.
(c) Large.
(d) Small.

6. The arts and sciences have helped human beings to repress what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
(a) Their narcissism.
(b) Their kindness.
(c) Their infatuation.
(d) Their wickedness.

7. 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.

8. What does inequality cheapen according to Rousseau?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Weatlth.
(c) Love.
(d) Compassion.

9. What type of rights does Rousseau want the cities in his State to have?
(a) To make laws.
(b) To make peace.
(c) To make war.
(d) To vote.

10. What does Rousseau question moral behavior could strictly be brought about by?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Ignorance.

11. What does Rousseau say arts require?
(a) Talent.
(b) Power.
(c) Passion.
(d) Luxury.

12. What does Rousseau exhort his citizens NOT to do?
(a) Trust one another.
(b) Distrust the government.
(c) Distrust one another.
(d) Distrust the state.

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

14. Why does Rousseau believe the arts and sciences are responsible for the fall and collapse of human's morality?
(a) They negate human reason.
(b) The improve well roundedness.
(c) They corrupt human thought.
(d) They corrupt human importance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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

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

4. What does Rousseau believe ensures wicked doctrines corrupting life forever?

5. 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?

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