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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the name that the author gives to a state that is governed by enlightened laws solely for the public interest?
(a) Republic.
(b) Theocracy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Monarchy.

2. The author believes that if the Sovereign Will enacted laws, right and which of the following would be confounded?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Fact.
(c) Truth.
(d) Opinion.

3. Where does the author believe government to have the best and truest form of ultimate power?
(a) With the military.
(b) In a body of men.
(c) With the people.
(d) In one man.

4. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?
(a) The will of the people.
(b) A true republic.
(c) The ability to act well.
(d) A good government.

5. Of the three wills operating within the Magistrate, which one has to be strongest for good government to exist?
(a) Sovereign Will.
(b) General will.
(c) Will of the people.
(d) Particular will.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?

2. The author states that the Magistrate receives power to lead the government from which of the following?

3. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?

4. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?

5. Which of the following is another phrase that the author uses for "empowering of the Sovereign Will"?

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