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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to promote efficiency in a democracy, in which of the following must there be utter equality in rank and fortune?
(a) The legislators.
(b) The citizens.
(c) The officeholders.
(d) The magistrates.

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

3. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?
(a) The Legislator.
(b) The people.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The government.

4. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) Peter the Great.
(c) Ivan the Great.
(d) Nicholas the Great.

5. The author states that warm countries are more often the scene of revolution because it is easy for the people to do which of the following?
(a) Arm themselves.
(b) Communicate.
(c) Hide themselves.
(d) Revolt.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that slavery is bad, but that it was a worthwhile price to pay because it allowed individuals to do which of the following?

2. The author believes that when citizens become enlightened they have to seize which of the following for themselves?

3. By being part of the social contract, man does 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 a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?

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