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

2. The author believes that every individual has the responsibility to die in defense of which of the following?
(a) The particular will.
(b) The general will.
(c) The state.
(d) The community.

3. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Problems.
(b) Trials.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Laws.

4. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?
(a) Revolt.
(b) War.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Force.

5. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?
(a) The law.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) The general will.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, war originates from the relationship between which of the following?

2. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?

3. The author believes that the people who deliberate and form the general will do not always do so from a place that houses which of the following?

4. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?

5. The term, patriarchal refers to which of the following being dominant?

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