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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?
(a) Other individuals.
(b) Ideas and technology.
(c) Property.
(d) National defense.

2. The author believes that a man's hold on his personal property is which of the following when he is part of the state?
(a) Safer.
(b) Increased.
(c) Decreased.
(d) Harmless.

3. The author believes that force does not constitute which of the following?
(a) Right.
(b) Enslavement.
(c) Power.
(d) Need.

4. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?
(a) Rule.
(b) Survive.
(c) Procreate.
(d) Have power.

5. The general will is always which of the following?
(a) Charitable.
(b) Right.
(c) Manipulated.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?

3. The term, inherent in anarchy, refers to which of the following?

4. According to the author, politicians have separated the Sovereign Will into which of the following?

5. The social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?

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