A. A Noble Savage
B. Solitary, nasty and brutish
C. A blank slate
D. Totally corrupted
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 - In Rousseau’s writings he argued for a humane and loving approach to children. How could his relationship with his own children be characterized?
A. Loving and supportive
B. He was childless
C. Stormy at times but generally positive
D. He placed the five children he produced with his mistress in orphanages - In a large state, which of the following recommendations does Rousseau make?
A. The government should be weaker
B. There should be many magistrates
C. There should be fewer magistrates
D. There should be frequent elections - 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 - Rousseau felt that social living corrupted us leading to such ills as private property and social classes. Which of the following is his famous phrase arising from this reasoning?
A. Workers of the world unite
B. Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest
C. Put the child in his place and keep him there
D. Man was born free, but he is everywhere in chains - “That with which a man has mixed his labour becomes his property”. The above statement was made by:
A. Rousseau
B. Karl Marx
C. Locke
D. Hobbes
