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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. The author believes that the strength of the individual is insufficient to overcome which of the following?
(a) The will of a powerful ruler.
(b) The will of the many.
(c) Obstacles to property ownership.
(d) Obstacles to survival.

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

3. According to the author, what happens to the power of the Prince, magistrate, and legislator when assemblies form?
(a) It is given to them.
(b) It is reaffirmed.
(c) It increases.
(d) It ceases.

4. The author believes that when citizens become enlightened they have to seize which of the following for themselves?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Power.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Reason.

5. Which of the following forms of government is most suitable to small states?
(a) Libertarianism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the author use when he seeks to show how the Sovereign Will can be transformed into a democracy?

2. In order to promote efficiency in a democracy, in which of the following must there be utter equality in rank and fortune?

3. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?

4. The author believes that if the Sovereign Will enacted laws, right and which of the following would be confounded?

5. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?

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