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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 author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?
(a) Survive.
(b) Rule.
(c) Have power.
(d) Procreate.

2. The author states that slavery is established and perpetuated by which of the following?
(a) Force.
(b) Taxes.
(c) War.
(d) A majority.

3. According to the author, no man has any natural authority over which of the following?
(a) His fellows.
(b) His family.
(c) His state.
(d) His beliefs.

4. The author believes that when citizens become enlightened they have to seize which of the following for themselves?
(a) Reason.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Power.
(d) Freedom.

5. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?
(a) Property.
(b) National defense.
(c) Ideas and technology.
(d) Other individuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?

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

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. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?

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

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