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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?
(a) Enacts laws.
(b) Makes laws.
(c) Interprets laws.
(d) Repeals laws.

2. Chapter 12 of Book 2 might best be described as which of the following types of chapter?
(a) Transition.
(b) Climactic.
(c) Closing.
(d) Opening.

3. By which of the following terms does the author state that the power of deciding for the whole of the body can only be established?
(a) Veiled proceedings.
(b) Convention.
(c) Proper ordering.
(d) Totality.

4. 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) Political.
(b) Social.
(c) Thoughtful.
(d) Spiritual.

5. The author believes that men are not naturally which of the following?
(a) Violent.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Social.

6. 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) Useless.
(d) Broken.

7. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?
(a) Legal law.
(b) Scientific law.
(c) Natural law.
(d) Physical law.

8. The first type of laws govern the interaction between the state and which of the following?
(a) The people.
(b) The community.
(c) The Sovereign.
(d) The world.

9. The right of which of the following terms in the first degree refers to private property rights under the state?
(a) Handling.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Lawfulness.
(d) Possession.

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

11. The author states that there will be three wills operating within the Magistrate. Which of the following does the author think will naturally be the strongest?
(a) Will of the people.
(b) Individual will.
(c) Community will.
(d) Sovereign Will.

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

13. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?
(a) So rare that they do not exist.
(b) Extremely rare.
(c) Not rare.
(d) Moderately rare.

14. The author believes that a legislator must not have which of the following over other men?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Authority.
(c) Riches.
(d) Morality.

15. Where does the author believe government to have the best and truest form of ultimate power?
(a) With the military.
(b) In a body of men.
(c) In one man.
(d) With the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?

2. If the natural circumstances are not taken into account by the legislator, what type of status will the state be in?

3. Which of the following best describes Grotius?

4. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?

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

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