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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what form of government is most prone to ongoing civil wars and socio-political agitation?

2. Which of the following is needed when it becomes difficult to have a just, effective balance between the various levels of government?

3. Those votes influenced by the will of a despot are not which of the following?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the ancient people think of nature?

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

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

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

5. For what purpose does the author use the government in Venice as an example?

6. What is the purpose of the tribunes?

7. What does the author acknowledge as a generality about the behavior of warm countries?

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

9. What are the two parts of instituting government?

10. Whose power is null and void when assemblies are called?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does power shift back and forth between the three types of government? Use specific examples from the book, including historical ones, to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between suffrage and elections and the provisions of the Sovereign Will? Define each term, using support from the book, and provide at least two examples of how each (suffrage and elections) help define the Sovereign Will.

Essay Topic 3

Referencing the four types of laws that are given at the end of Book 2, use examples from the book to explain what the four types of laws are, and how they define governments.

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