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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, by which of the following does the government tend to govern when it becomes large and bureaucratic?
(a) General will.
(b) Sovereign Will.
(c) Representative will.
(d) Individual will.

2. According to the author, which of the following does man give up in the social contract?
(a) Unlimited speech.
(b) Unlimited freedom.
(c) Unlimited property.
(d) Unlimited power.

3. The author believes that there must be a balance between the size of the state and the ability of which of the following?
(a) The people to know it.
(b) The land to support it.
(c) The legislators to evaluate it.
(d) The government to administer it.

4. A natural aristocracy is based on government by which of the following?
(a) Those who inherit it.
(b) Those who are elected.
(c) Those with age or experience.
(d) Those who seize power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?

2. The author suggest that the government which is simplest is which of the following?

3. Which of the following terms is used to refer to anything that takes the citizen away from that which he perceives as his life of relative ease?

4. According to the author, the degeneration of which of the following governmental attributes is inevitable?

5. According to the author, no man has any natural authority over which of the following?

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