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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. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?
(a) Serves the commons.
(b) Serves the state.
(c) Serves the people.
(d) Serves the children.

2. According to the author, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?
(a) Harm.
(b) Concern.
(c) Violence.
(d) Selfishness.

3. The Sovereign Will is the expression of desired action to meet which of the following?
(a) The needs of the government.
(b) The needs of the community.
(c) The needs of the state.
(d) The needs of the citizens.

4. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?
(a) General will.
(b) Private will.
(c) Sovereign Will.
(d) Political will.

5. According to the author, the larger that a state is, the less influence which of the following will have?
(a) The army.
(b) The Magistrate.
(c) The individual.
(d) The Legislator.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?

2. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?

3. The author believes that if the Sovereign Will enacted laws, right and which of the following would be confounded?

4. The author states that no matter what his position, the Prince is still subject to which of the following?

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

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