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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, the Princes who act as executives are fulfilling their duty as which of the following?
(a) Citizens.
(b) Legislators.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Leaders.

2. In Ancient Rome, which of the following did dictators often do before their term of service was over?
(a) Become senators.
(b) Take over the government.
(c) Abdicate.
(d) Run wild.

3. Which of the following does the author think should be established to prevent the abuse of power?
(a) A body of Legislators.
(b) A body of citizen advisors.
(c) Intermediate Magistrates.
(d) A dictator.

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

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

6. The author advocates a government that is which of the following in relation to the government in Ancient Rome?
(a) Simpler than.
(b) Similar to.
(c) Different from.
(d) More complicated than.

7. According to the author, what form of government is most prone to ongoing civil wars and socio-political agitation?
(a) Tyranny.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Meritocracy.
(d) Republic.

8. One of the votes that must be taken at a regular assembly is whether the Sovereign Will wishes to preserve which of the following?
(a) The current executives.
(b) The present laws.
(c) The present form of government.
(d) The current magistrates.

9. Which of the following does the author use when he seeks to show how the Sovereign Will can be transformed into a democracy?
(a) British House of Commons.
(b) Italian House of Commons.
(c) German House of Commons.
(d) French House of Commons.

10. Which municipal government does the author use as an example of an effective balance between election by lot and election by vote?
(a) Munich.
(b) Venice.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

11. Which of the following lawgivers divided Rome into mathematically precise groups?
(a) Maximus.
(b) Julius.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Servius.

12. According to the author, by which of the following does the government tend to govern when it becomes large and bureaucratic?
(a) Sovereign Will.
(b) Representative will.
(c) Individual will.
(d) General will.

13. When the assemblies meet, which of the following should they break into in order to consider specific ideas?
(a) Parties.
(b) Sub-assemblies.
(c) Committees.
(d) Expert areas.

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

15. According to the author, which of the following terms best describes individuals who are forced to focus on money?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Poor.
(d) Farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that the belief in one god caused the separation of which of the following?

2. In order to make a democracy efficient, there must be a set of rules governing which of the following?

3. The author suggest that the government which is simplest is which of the following?

4. According to the author, the result of Christian belief and perceptions of those beliefs in early times, resulted in which of the following?

5. The author believes that ancient people did not distinguish the laws of government from the laws of which of the following?

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