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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, the degeneration of which of the following governmental attributes is inevitable?
(a) Habits.
(b) Laws.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Authority.

2. One of the votes that must be taken at a regular assembly is whether the Sovereign Will wishes to preserve which of the following?
(a) The current executives.
(b) The present laws.
(c) The present form of government.
(d) The current magistrates.

3. The author states that no matter what his position, the Prince is still subject to which of the following?
(a) The Sovereign Will.
(b) The people.
(c) The law.
(d) The judicial system.

4. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?
(a) Illegal.
(b) Individual.
(c) Unauthorized.
(d) Immoral.

5. The citizens of Rome were freed from their day-to-day chores by slaves which allowed them to do which of the following?
(a) Focus on lives of leisure.
(b) Participate in the running of their state.
(c) Focus on earning more money.
(d) Focus on education.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that having a censor in the government is which of the following?

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

3. Why does the author suggest that, every few years, the tribunes be removed from the system of government?

4. The author believes that sparsely populated areas are those that provide potential for which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author state the government in Ancient Rome to be based on its high degree of closeness to natural order?

2. What are the two parts of instituting government?

3. What is the only law that the author believes requires unanimous consent?

4. What is one of the three conditions that must be in place for a democracy not to be unwieldy and inefficient?

5. What is the purpose of the tribunes?

6. In a monarchy, why does the power of the monarch have to be absolute?

7. According to the author, what happens to make the Sovereign Will an illusion?

8. How did the ancient people think of nature?

9. What does the author suggest is the relationship between the Christian faith and the sovereign?

10. What is the best way for the Sovereign Will to be understood?

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