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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 social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?
(a) Possession rights.
(b) Legal rights.
(c) Political rights.
(d) Societal rights.

2. Who is Grotius?
(a) A king.
(b) A revolutionary.
(c) A father.
(d) A philosopher.

3. According to the author, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Violence.
(c) Harm.
(d) Concern.

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

5. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?
(a) Gains property rights.
(b) Gains friendships.
(c) Becomes master of himself.
(d) Becomes a slave to others.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes he is a citizen of which of the following?

2. 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?

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

4. The author believes that the government does not have the right to lay greater responsibility on one person than another because the government then becomes which of the following?

5. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?

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