JJ Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau died at the age of:

A.68 years
B.66 years
C.60 years
D.78 years

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At the age of sixteen, when rightly accused of stealing from a wealthy employer how did Rousseau respond?

A.He initially denied the crime but then admitted it and made restitution
B.He blained a maid and remained silent when she was punished
C.He immediately confessed
D.He ran away but not before returning the stolen items

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In Rousseau’s view, what would constitute true liberty?

A.Free enterprise, unrestrained by government interference
B.A Republic in which there is universal suffrage (for property owning males)
C.Replacement of autocratic governments by Athenian style democracy
D.Submission to the “general will” of the citizenry

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What was Rousseau’s remedy for the corruption and slavery of civilized society?

A.A new social contract
B.Democratic reforms
C.Revolution
D.Socialism

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Rosseau’s famous phrase about social ills in state of nature

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

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