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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 insists that the system of advisers to a Prince, in a monarchy, will be which of the following?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Full of friends.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Full of experts.

2. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?
(a) The collective authority.
(b) The single ruler.
(c) The person in leadership of the group.
(d) The outward will of the group.

3. The Sovereign Will is the expression of desired action to meet which of the following?
(a) The needs of the state.
(b) The needs of the community.
(c) The needs of the government.
(d) The needs of the citizens.

4. When a state becomes too large, the government becomes which of the following to a high degree?
(a) Individual.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Petty.
(d) Complex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the ideal legislator is objective, intelligent, and which of the following?

2. The social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?

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?

4. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?

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

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