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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, every human being lives in which of the following?
(a) Skin.
(b) Houses.
(c) Need.
(d) Chains.

2. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?
(a) The outward will of the group.
(b) The person in leadership of the group.
(c) The single ruler.
(d) The collective authority.

3. When a state is too small, the people's spirit tends to become which of the following?
(a) Stagnant.
(b) Dull.
(c) Boosted.
(d) Elevated.

4. Which of the following is the term for the system government type in which power is confined to a small number of people?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Theocracy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Republic.

5. The author suggests that which of the following types of law is the foundation for all other laws?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grotius?

2. The law committing the state to the social contract requires what type of vote?

3. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?

4. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?

5. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?

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