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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. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?
(a) Ideas and technology.
(b) National defense.
(c) Property.
(d) Other individuals.

2. Banning public conversation and assembly for the sake of maintaining power is the act of which of the following?
(a) A military leader.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) A king.
(d) A desperado.

3. The author states that the second aspect of government is that it exists for the good of which of the following?
(a) The individual.
(b) The Sovereign.
(c) The state.
(d) The community.

4. One of the votes that must be taken at a regular assembly is whether the Sovereign Will wishes to preserve which of the following?
(a) The current magistrates.
(b) The present laws.
(c) The present form of government.
(d) The current executives.

5. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?
(a) Moderately rare.
(b) Not rare.
(c) So rare that they do not exist.
(d) Extremely rare.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author believes that in general, once that government is established, which of the following should not happen to it?

3. The term, magistrate, is used interchangeably with which of the following titles?

4. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?

5. According to the author, the larger that a state is, the less influence which of the following will have?

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