A. The government should be weaker
B. There should be many magistrates
C. There should be fewer magistrates
D. There should be frequent elections
Related Mcqs:
- Rousseau had a number of detractors among whom Rousseau himself should the included. What was the title of his seemingly candid autobiography?
A. My Life and Times
B. The Triumph of Reason
C. If You’re Paranoid, you only have to be right once
D. The Confessions of Jean-Jacques rousseau - How does Rousseau describe man in his primal natural state?
A. A Noble Savage
B. Solitary, nasty and brutish
C. A blank slate
D. Totally corrupted - Rousseau believed that man in the “state of nature” was naturally good. Still he admitted that a true state of nature probably existed except as an ideal, a standard for comparison. His mothod for dealing with this discrepancy between reality and theory was to:
A. “Lay the facts aside, as they do not affect the question.”
B. He blamed a maid and remained silent when she was punished
C. He immediately confessed
D. He ran awa but not before returning the stolen items - The two important factors, which according to Rousseau compelled the people to leave the state of nature and create the state were:
A. Growth of population and property
B. Emergence of strong religious and military classes
C. Fear of foreign danger and need of a strong ruler to protect them
D. Growth of property and fear of revolution - Which of the following practices does Rousseau favor?
A. Hereditary succession of power
B. The abolition of private property
C. Capital punishment
D. Public ballots - Which does Rousseau think is the best form of aristocracy?
A. Natural aristocracy
B. Elective aristocracy
C. Hereditary aristocracy
D. Different forms are best under different circumstances - If an individual was unwilling to adhere to particular precepts and standards of the state Rousseau envisaged, how would this be handled?
A. Tolerance would be the guiding principal
B. The individual would be ostracized but not otherwise hindered
C. The individual would be enrolled in a voluntary educational program
D. Punishment would be administered to force the individual to adhere - Rousseau believed that an ideal state should consist of:___________?
A. 10,000 persons
B. 50,000 persons
C. 27,000 persons
D. did not fix any number - Rousseau’s individual in the state of nature was: __________?
A. Noble savage
B. Nasty and brutish
C. Peace loving and law abiding
D. Quarrelsome - According to Rousseau the two instincts, which governed the action of man in the state of nature, were:
A. Fear and religion
B. Self-interest and fear
C. Self-preservation and sympathy towards others
D. Protection of life and property
