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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, politicians have separated the Sovereign Will into which of the following?
(a) Separate wills.
(b) Separate buildings.
(c) Separate jurisdictions.
(d) Separate votes.

2. The author believes that every individual has the responsibility to die in defense of which of the following?
(a) The state.
(b) The general will.
(c) The community.
(d) The particular will.

3. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?
(a) Being taken by law.
(b) Being taken by force.
(c) Being taken by others.
(d) Being taken.

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

5. Which of the following terms refers to a generalized rule, way of communicating, or way of conducting affairs?
(a) Society.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Contract.
(d) Convention.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?

2. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?

3. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?

4. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?

5. According to the author, who benefits in war?

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