The Social Contract Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Social Contract Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of community does the author envision in a seaside state?

2. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?

3. According to the author, which of the following does the state have a right to do to people who threaten the state?

4. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?

5. Which of the following is destroyed if the government does not reflect the Sovereign Will?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author cite as being an essential foundation for living and governing the right way?

2. How does the author describe humanity's basic animalistic drive?

3. When do individuals have to surrender their individual will?

4. What does man lose and gain by the social contract?

5. What is the most freeing way of life for an individual?

6. What does the author believe to be the foundation of all types of laws?

7. What are the three levels of will that a magistrate has operating within themselves?

8. Why are legislators with the correct qualities important?

9. What happens to the individual's hold on his personal property when he is part of the state?

10. Can the general will err?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Referencing the four types of laws that are given at the end of Book 2, use examples from the book to explain what the four types of laws are, and how they define governments.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between suffrage and elections and the provisions of the Sovereign Will? Define each term, using support from the book, and provide at least two examples of how each (suffrage and elections) help define the Sovereign Will.

Essay Topic 3

Which does the author believe to be the lesser of two evils: Too much government, or a government governed by individual will? Why? What are three examples that support your position?

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