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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rousseau, why does science lead to war?
(a) It allows plan of attacks.
(b) It gives knowledge.
(c) It enables the desire of revenge.
(d) It produces better weapons.

2. What created ethics according to Rousseau?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Greed.
(c) Pride.
(d) Desire.

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

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

5. What is much disagreement made over, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?
(a) The nature of greed.
(b) The evolution of greed.
(c) The nature of man.
(d) The evolution of man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do few artists defend according to Rousseau in "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?

2. How do modern centuries see natural law?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two" describe how the rich man becomes rich.

2. Explain why Rousseau feels ignorance has been praised.

3. In "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One", what passion does Rousseau worry about and why?

4. According to Rousseau in "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy" how do Political Societies operate?

5. According to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I" how does slavery make man civilized?

6. Compare and contrast the difference of amore-propre to philosophy according to Rousseau in "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

7. Explain how private persons have become slaves, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".

8. Why is there no benefit in man's private interest according to Rousseau in "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?

9. Describe how Rousseau feels society can become despotic.

10. Explain what "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II" suggests cheapens virtue.

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