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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. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?
(a) Gains friendships.
(b) Becomes master of himself.
(c) Gains property rights.
(d) Becomes a slave to others.

2. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?
(a) Keeps the middle-class miserable.
(b) Keeps those in power miserable.
(c) Keeps everyone miserable.
(d) Keeps the poor miserable.

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

4. 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) Other individuals.
(b) National defense.
(c) Ideas and technology.
(d) Property.

5. 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) Monarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Theocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the author suggest to be the best time for a state to be established?

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

3. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?

4. The discussion that the author has about population would be described today using which of the following terms?

5. Which of the following terms refers to a generalized rule, way of communicating, or way of conducting affairs?

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