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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. The author believes that change is a fundamental aspect of which of the following, and cannot be stopped?
(a) States.
(b) Law.
(c) Science.
(d) Nature.

2. Which of the following should be the objective that people undertake in government?
(a) Dealing with a tyrannical government.
(b) Finding a good government.
(c) Enduring a bad government.
(d) Overthrowing a disliked government.

3. By which of the following terms does the author state that the power of deciding for the whole of the body can only be established?
(a) Veiled proceedings.
(b) Totality.
(c) Proper ordering.
(d) Convention.

4. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) Peter the Great.
(c) Ivan the Great.
(d) Nicholas the Great.

5. The author states that the Magistrate receives power to lead the government from which of the following?
(a) Natural law.
(b) The constitution.
(c) The people.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?

2. The author believes that a legislator must not have which of the following over other men?

3. On which of the following factors does the author believe that men have no effect?

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

5. How many states does the author believe have been established within the guidelines that he gives in Book 2?

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