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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. When a government becomes more focused on its own needs and desires than on the Sovereign Will, the citizens are not obliged to do which of the following?
(a) Be involved.
(b) Vote.
(c) React.
(d) Obey.

2. The author believes that regular assemblies will prevent the rise of which of the following?
(a) A revolutionary class.
(b) Poverty.
(c) A tyrant.
(d) Social tension.

3. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?
(a) Unauthorized.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Individual.

4. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?
(a) Military.
(b) Work.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?

2. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?

3. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?

4. According to the author, which of the following is a significant problem with a monarchy?

5. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?

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