View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the author, the ideal legislator is objective, intelligent, and which of the following?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Delicate.
(d) Creative.

4. According to the author, politicians have separated the Sovereign Will into which of the following?
(a) Separate buildings.
(b) Separate wills.
(c) Separate votes.
(d) Separate jurisdictions.

5. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?
(a) The desire of the majority.
(b) The good of the poorest.
(c) The desire of the powerful.
(d) The common good.

Short Answer Questions

1. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?

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

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

4. According to the author, no man has any natural authority over which of the following?

5. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 234 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample