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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 Rousseau argue the arts force men to reward people based on?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Birth.

2. When did Rousseau flee France?
(a) 1770.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1762.

3. What civilizations does Rousseau use to demonstrate his point on morality?
(a) Germans and Prussians.
(b) French and British.
(c) Romans and Greeks.
(d) Russians and Japanese.

4. What is not superior to the present day?
(a) Nature of man.
(b) Art.
(c) Science.
(d) Intelligence.

5. What does science prevent the production of according to Rousseau?
(a) Worldly goods.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Good leader.
(d) Good men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sections does the Introduction say the Second Discourse has?

2. Which place does the Dedication praise as a virtuous republic?

3. What displays apparent contradiction between virtue and enlightenment according to Rousseau in the First Discourse?

4. How does Rousseau say science produces war?

5. What is best represented by the "Philosophes"?

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