View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Totality.
(b) Proper ordering.
(c) Convention.
(d) Veiled proceedings.

2. Which of the following does the author suggest to be the best time for a state to be established?
(a) During a time of relative peace.
(b) At the beginning of war.
(c) At the time that violence comes to an end.
(d) In the middle of prosperity.

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

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

5. The author believes that a seaside state has almost unlimited means of which of the following?
(a) Supporting itself.
(b) Expansion.
(c) Peace.
(d) Providing income.

6. According to the author, which of the following contributes toward obedience having less value?
(a) Respect.
(b) Fear.
(c) Desire.
(d) External forces.

7. The author believes that all power comes from which of the following?
(a) God.
(b) Force.
(c) Human nature.
(d) Violence.

8. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?
(a) Social order.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Respect.
(d) A government.

9. According to the author, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?
(a) Concern.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Violence.
(d) Harm.

10. The author believes that cultural reform must happen when the culture is in which of the following states?
(a) Relatively young.
(b) Relatively unsteady.
(c) Relatively solid.
(d) Relatively old.

11. The general will is always which of the following?
(a) Right.
(b) Angry.
(c) Manipulated.
(d) Charitable.

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

13. Which of the following is another phrase that the author uses for "empowering of the Sovereign Will"?
(a) The business of citizens.
(b) The business of legislators.
(c) The business of government.
(d) The business of magistrates.

14. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Laws.
(b) Trials.
(c) Problems.
(d) Criminals.

15. According to the author, which of the following does the state have a right to do to people who threaten the state?
(a) Isolate.
(b) Punish.
(c) Execute.
(d) Seize.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author thinks that his ideas should be applied not just to the state but to which of the following?

2. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?

3. Which of the following types of law is the third type of law that governs a specific type of relationship within a state?

4. The discussion that the author has about population would be described today using which of the following terms?

5. The fourth type of law is the moral law of custom, also referred to as which of the following?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 519 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample