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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Formalism and Rule-Skepticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many categories do objections fall into?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. What does the doctrine of sovereignty often hold?
(a) The sovereign is above the law.
(b) Rich people are above the law.
(c) Those who make the law must abide by it.
(d) Everyone is entitled to a trial.

3. What does the distinction make sense of, according to Hart?
(a) How law should work.
(b) How custom is structured.
(c) Many difficulties previously unsolved.
(d) How moral is structured.

4. What is is caught between the poles of excessive formalism and excessive rule-skepticism?
(a) Judges.
(b) Moral rules.
(c) Legal theory.
(d) Custom.

5. What cannot laws be reduced to?
(a) Directives against judges.
(b) Directives against officials.
(c) Directives without punishment.
(d) Directives against people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do legislation focus on?

2. What is the risk of making someone authoritative?

3. What will always conflict, according to Hart?

4. What would we find if we were to examine many types of laws, according to Hart in chapter 3?

5. What do the first type of rules do?

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