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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. What should mans' response to the effects of art and science on society be, as described by Rousseau?
(a) Be humbled by it.
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Men should be humiliated by this.
(d) Be proud of it.

2. Human morals are not improved by what subject according to Rousseau?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Religion.
(c) The sciences.
(d) The arts.

3. What does Rousseau argue that men with talent should do?
(a) Reap glory and remain obscure.
(b) Show compassion.
(c) Be humble.
(d) Live in exile.

4. 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 wickedness.
(b) Their kindness.
(c) Their infatuation.
(d) Their narcissism.

5. According to Rousseau, what led to the degeneration of society?
(a) The establishment of beauty.
(b) The progress of art.
(c) The establishment of talent.
(d) The progress of talent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau believe men should feel at the state of leaving ignorance?

2. How many natural principles does Rousseau see in humanity at the end of "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface"?

3. Where did Rousseau analyze the effects of the arts and sciences on at the end of "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences. Part 1"?

4. What does Rousseau think the government and society can have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Rousseau feels about art's relationship to children.

2. Describe the two types of inequality Rousseau sees in humans according to "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One".

3. Describe how Rousseau feels about luxury?

4. 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".

5. What is the general will composed of, according to "Chapter 7, A Discourse on Political Economy"?

6. What is the main task of "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"?

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

8. Explain why Rousseau feels ignorance has been praised.

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

10. How did the introduction of art affect men according to Rousseau in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?

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