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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 science often begins with in Chapter 2?
(a) Lack of knowledge.
(b) Need for new weapons.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Desire for power.

2. Why do men separate themselves according to Rousseau?
(a) To plot against others.
(b) To hide their vice.
(c) To play.
(d) To think good thoughts.

3. What does Rousseau say science inherently is?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Good for society.
(c) A way to better ourselves.
(d) Captivating.

4. What does Rousseau say increased in France?
(a) The riches of the bourgeois.
(b) Riches, vice and oppression.
(c) The power of the noblemen.
(d) Arts.

5. What does Rousseau say humanity possessed even before the advent of art?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Knowledge of what is beautiful.
(c) Morality.
(d) Patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau argue generates physics?

2. What was the most popular form of government in Europe during Rousseau's time?

3. What does luxury generate according to Rousseau?

4. What were Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke trying to avoid when they were building their theories?

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

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