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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author believes that regular assemblies will prevent the rise of which of the following?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Social tension.
(c) A tyrant.
(d) A revolutionary class.

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

3. According to the author, which of the following is the sign of a good government?
(a) Absolute.
(b) Never present.
(c) Hidden.
(d) Different for different countries.

4. The law committing the state to the social contract requires what type of vote?
(a) Unanimous vote.
(b) Super-majority vote.
(c) Two-thirds vote.
(d) Majority vote.

5. When good sense, justice, and integrity are sufficient for a position, who should be in the lot to be chosen for those positions?
(a) Previous leaders.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) Citizens.

6. 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) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Venice.

7. According to the author, the result of Christian belief and perceptions of those beliefs in early times, resulted in which of the following?
(a) Perpetual conflict.
(b) Stable societies.
(c) Relaxed morality.
(d) Strict morality.

8. How many votes does the author state need to be taken at each regular meeting of assemblies?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

9. Which of the following terms is used to describe belief in one god to the exclusion of all others?
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Dualism.
(d) Modernism.

10. The author maintains that any manifestation of the will of a minority is which of the following?
(a) Tolerated.
(b) Exemplified.
(c) Subversive.
(d) Dangerous.

11. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?
(a) Unauthorized.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Individual.

12. In Book 4, from which of the following perspectives does the author argue?
(a) Pessimist.
(b) Optimist.
(c) Realist.
(d) Idealist.

13. The censor monitors and enforces which of the following?
(a) Laws.
(b) Religion.
(c) Legalities.
(d) Morality.

14. The author believes that in general, once that government is established, which of the following should not happen to it?
(a) Reformation.
(b) Disruption.
(c) Alteration.
(d) Abolishment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author advocates a government that is which of the following in relation to the government in Ancient Rome?

2. As long as people create and define their government according to the Sovereign Will, the nation will do which of the following?

3. Which of the following forms of government is most suitable to small states?

4. The author believes that slavery is bad, but that it was a worthwhile price to pay because it allowed individuals to do which of the following?

5. Which of the following offices does the author believe should be chosen by lot or chance, since those methods are closer to the laws of nature?

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