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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. Banning public conversation and assembly for the sake of maintaining power is the act of which of the following?
2. How does the author believes that certain positions that require particular skills and experience should be decided?
3. When a government deteriorates, it results in the death of which of the following?
4. The author's entire book is based on which of the following?
5. In order to make a democracy efficient, there must be a set of rules governing which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does a censor do?
2. What is one of the three conditions that must be in place for a democracy not to be unwieldy and inefficient?
3. What would happen if the Sovereign Will enacted laws?
4. What is the best way for the Sovereign Will to be understood?
5. Once established, why should government never be altered?
6. Pursuant to the author's rule, what is the exception to the government never being altered?
7. What does monotheism mean?
8. According to the author, focus upon which aspect of their life by individuals results in their loss of freedom?
9. What does the author state the government in Ancient Rome to be based on its high degree of closeness to natural order?
10. What does the author suggest that the religion of the state should be?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is it necessary for the laws of the state to be adaptable to the changing needs of its citizens? Cite specific examples from the book, including historical ones, to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does power shift back and forth between the three types of government? Use specific examples from the book, including historical ones, to support your essay.
Essay Topic 3
What makes democracy unwieldy? How can democracy be made more efficient? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
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