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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) Democracy.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Republic.

2. Which of the following is another phrase that the author uses for "empowering of the Sovereign Will"?
(a) The business of legislators.
(b) The business of magistrates.
(c) The business of citizens.
(d) The business of government.

3. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Problems.
(b) Laws.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Trials.

4. 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) Violence.
(c) Concern.
(d) Selfishness.

5. When the assemblies meet, which of the following should they break into in order to consider specific ideas?
(a) Committees.
(b) Sub-assemblies.
(c) Parties.
(d) Expert areas.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the author believe government to have the best and truest form of ultimate power?

4. The author states that there will be three wills operating within the Magistrate. Which of the following does the author think will naturally be the strongest?

5. Which of the following does the author use when he seeks to show how the Sovereign Will can be transformed into a democracy?

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