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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, which of the following is a significant problem with a monarchy?
(a) The way that power is defined.
(b) The way that power is given.
(c) The way that power is transfered.
(d) The way that power is used.

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

3. The author believes that the strength of the individual is insufficient to overcome which of the following?
(a) The will of a powerful ruler.
(b) Obstacles to property ownership.
(c) The will of the many.
(d) Obstacles to survival.

4. The right of which of the following terms in the first degree refers to private property rights under the state?
(a) Handling.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Lawfulness.
(d) Possession.

5. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?
(a) Being taken by others.
(b) Being taken by law.
(c) Being taken.
(d) Being taken by force.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a state is too small, the people's spirit tends to become which of the following?

2. According to the author, a city is a collection of which of the following?

3. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?

4. Which of the following is the term for the system government type in which power is confined to a small number of people?

5. The term, inherent in anarchy, refers to which of the following?

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