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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?
(a) True moral and collective authority.
(b) True moral and compact authority.
(c) True moral and majority authority.
(d) True moral and malignant authority.

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

3. The Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?
(a) Pressures.
(b) Fluctuations.
(c) Debates.
(d) Battering.

4. According to the author, who benefits in war?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The rulers.
(c) No one.
(d) The rich individuals.

5. According to the author, war originates from the relationship between which of the following?
(a) States.
(b) Kings.
(c) Resources.
(d) Families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?

2. The general will is always which of the following?

3. The author believes that all power comes from which of the following?

4. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?

5. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?

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