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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. What is rare for an individual to do in modern society?
(a) Do something not covered by a law.
(b) Do something that is not illegal.
(c) Order someone to do something.
(d) Do something that is moral.

2. What would allow all laws to be considered conditional orders to officials to apply sanctions?
(a) Be sure to have everyone know about the laws.
(b) The ability for the judges to modify laws.
(c) Written laws.
(d) Elaborate restatements.

3. What do many not realize habits are?
(a) Observable.
(b) Changing.
(c) Unavoidable.
(d) Changeable.

4. What does the law make human conduct?
(a) Natural.
(b) Typical.
(c) Obligatory.
(d) Moral.

5. How do people obey?
(a) By doing nothing they could be punished for.
(b) By doing things they would not otherwise do.
(c) By accepting the law.
(d) By doing thing for free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are authoritative quality of general rules sometime qualified as?

2. Who makes the law created by past regimes binding, according to some philosophers?

3. How many categories do objections fall into?

4. When do rules obligate?

5. What do primary rules apply to?

(see the answer key)

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