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

2. In what ancient government was the need for representatives non-existent?

3. How many rules does the author have to govern the interpretation of votes?

4. The author believes that regular assemblies will prevent the rise of which of the following?

5. When a government becomes more focused on its own needs and desires than on the Sovereign Will, the citizens are not obliged to do which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author suggest that the religion of the state should be?

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

3. What is the purpose of the tribunes?

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

5. What does monotheism mean?

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

7. What would happen if the Sovereign Will enacted laws?

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

9. What are the two parts of instituting government?

10. Pursuant to the author's rule, what is the exception to the government never being altered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What points in the book support the author's theme that the moral authority of the group is stronger than that of an individual?

Essay Topic 3

Using the author's definitions and examples, explain what the social contract is, and why it is important.

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