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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?
(a) The common good.
(b) The good of the poorest.
(c) The desire of the powerful.
(d) The desire of the majority.

2. On which of the following factors does the author believe that men have no effect?
(a) How many people are needed.
(b) How many families are established.
(c) How many children are born.
(d) How many farms can be established.

3. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?
(a) Interprets laws.
(b) Makes laws.
(c) Enacts laws.
(d) Repeals laws.

4. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Trials.
(b) Problems.
(c) Laws.
(d) Criminals.

5. The will of all is a conglomeration of which of the following?
(a) Private needs.
(b) Private companies.
(c) Private interests.
(d) Private charities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the author consider to be the only thing that can direct a state toward decisions of the common good?

2. The author believes that the government does not have the right to lay greater responsibility on one person than another because the government then becomes which of the following?

3. When a state is too small, the people's spirit tends to become which of the following?

4. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?

5. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?

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