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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 author believes that a legislator must not have which of the following over other men?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Morality.
(c) Riches.
(d) Authority.

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

3. Of the three wills operating within the Magistrate, which one has to be strongest for good government to exist?
(a) Will of the people.
(b) General will.
(c) Particular will.
(d) Sovereign Will.

4. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Legal.
(c) Physical.
(d) Psychological.

5. According to the author, which of the following does the state have a right to do to people who threaten the state?
(a) Punish.
(b) Seize.
(c) Execute.
(d) Isolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the assemblies meet, which of the following should they break into in order to consider specific ideas?

2. The author believes that in general, once that government is established, which of the following should not happen to it?

3. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?

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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