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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Sovereign Will is the expression of desired action to meet which of the following?
(a) The needs of the government.
(b) The needs of the community.
(c) The needs of the citizens.
(d) The needs of the state.

2. According to the author, the ideal legislator is objective, intelligent, and which of the following?
(a) Delicate.
(b) Creative.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Compassionate.

3. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?
(a) Extremely rare.
(b) Not rare.
(c) Moderately rare.
(d) So rare that they do not exist.

4. The author states that no matter what his position, the Prince is still subject to which of the following?
(a) The people.
(b) The judicial system.
(c) The law.
(d) The Sovereign Will.

5. Where does the author believe government to have the best and truest form of ultimate power?
(a) In one man.
(b) With the military.
(c) With the people.
(d) In a body of men.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?

2. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?

3. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?

4. The author states that the second aspect of government is that it exists for the good of which of the following?

5. The author believes that if the Sovereign Will enacted laws, right and which of the following would be confounded?

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