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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. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Social.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Political.

2. According to the author, which of the following situation takes place within a state that is plagued by uncertainty?
(a) It falls apart.
(b) There is a revolution.
(c) It is conquered.
(d) It fixes itself.

3. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?
(a) Becomes a slave to others.
(b) Gains property rights.
(c) Becomes master of himself.
(d) Gains friendships.

4. A dictator should have power and which of the following?
(a) Military experience.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) People-skills.
(d) Harshness.

5. In Book 4, from which of the following perspectives does the author argue?
(a) Realist.
(b) Pessimist.
(c) Idealist.
(d) Optimist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?

2. The author insists that the system of advisers to a Prince, in a monarchy, will be which of the following?

3. The author believes that cultural reform must happen when the culture is in which of the following states?

4. The author believes that there is too much reverence for which of the following in many states?

5. 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?

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