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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Personal.
(b) Temporary.
(c) General.
(d) Specific.

2. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?
(a) Advocate for his position.
(b) Draw people to his side.
(c) Surrender his will.
(d) Revolt.

3. The author states that moral equality must be substituted for which of the following in a social contract?
(a) Property inequality.
(b) Physical inequality.
(c) Possessor inequality.
(d) Social inequality.

4. Which of the following is destroyed if the government does not reflect the Sovereign Will?
(a) Government.
(b) Political Knowledge.
(c) Community.
(d) Body Politic.

5. According to the author, unless natural circumstances are taken into account by the legislator, the laws will be which of the following?
(a) Useless.
(b) Weak.
(c) Broken.
(d) Hard to follow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?

2. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?

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

4. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?

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

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