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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 is needed by the law according to Rousseau?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Judges.
(c) Justice.
(d) Injustice.

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

3. What were Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke critiquing?
(a) The rational basis of natural law and religion.
(b) Rousseau's relation with Frederick the Great.
(c) The rational basis of monarchy.
(d) People obsessed by material possession.

4. 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.

5. What is Chapter 1 about?
(a) Moral effects of the arts and sciences.
(b) Democracy versus republic.
(c) The best age to have children working.
(d) Relation between rulers and citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say the restrictions imposed by arts and sciences do?

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

3. What are the two laws of nature and natural right according to Rousseau?

4. What does luxury generate according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau say the increase of knowledge helps generate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What examples does Rousseau offer in his demonstration of how progress produced corruption?

2. What does Rousseau believe contradicts one another?

3. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Rousseau believe about talented people?

4. What alarming consequences does science have, according to Chapter 2?

5. What examples of vanity does Rousseau give in Chapter 2?

6. What does Rousseau argue about philosophers?

7. What does the First Discourse argue?

8. What does Rousseau state has fallen apart in Chapter 1?

9. What paradox does Rousseau discuss in Chapter 1?

10. Who does Rousseau refer to in his statement about how the sciences to not improve morals?

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