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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a monarchy, the individual in power represents which of the following?
(a) The collective being.
(b) The private will.
(c) The ideal citizen.
(d) The general public.

2. Which of the following best describes Grotius?
(a) A religious philosopher.
(b) A family philosopher.
(c) A scientific philosopher.
(d) A social philosopher.

3. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?
(a) Keeps those in power miserable.
(b) Keeps the poor miserable.
(c) Keeps the middle-class miserable.
(d) Keeps everyone miserable.

4. 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) National defense.
(b) Property.
(c) Ideas and technology.
(d) Other individuals.

5. Which of the following does the Sovereign Will become when private interests dominate government?
(a) Imaginary.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) An illusion.
(d) A fake.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?

2. According to the author, which of the following terms best describes individuals who are forced to focus on money?

3. The general will is always which of the following?

4. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?

5. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?

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