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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?
(a) Sovereign Will.
(b) General will.
(c) Political will.
(d) Private will.

2. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?
(a) The desire of the powerful.
(b) The common good.
(c) The good of the poorest.
(d) The desire of the majority.

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

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

5. According to the author, the ideal legislator is objective, intelligent, and which of the following?
(a) Delicate.
(b) Creative.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that every individual has the responsibility to die in defense of which of the following?

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

3. The author insists that the system of advisers to a Prince, in a monarchy, will be which of the following?

4. The Sovereign Will is the expression of desired action to meet which of the following?

5. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?

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