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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, a city is a collection of which of the following?
(a) Families.
(b) Areas.
(c) Buildings.
(d) Citizens.

2. When a government deteriorates, it results in the death of which of the following?
(a) The body politic.
(b) The morality of the people.
(c) The state.
(d) The way of life.

3. Which of the following does the Sovereign Will become when private interests dominate government?
(a) An illusion.
(b) A fake.
(c) Corrupt.
(d) Imaginary.

4. The author states that the second aspect of government is that it exists for the good of which of the following?
(a) The community.
(b) The individual.
(c) The Sovereign.
(d) The state.

5. On which of the following factors does the author believe that men have no effect?
(a) How many families are established.
(b) How many people are needed.
(c) How many farms can be established.
(d) How many children are born.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which municipal government does the author use as an example of an effective balance between election by lot and election by vote?

2. The author maintains that any manifestation of the will of a minority is which of the following?

3. Instituting a government consists of establishing laws and which of the following?

4. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?

5. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?

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