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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. The author believes that there must be a balance between the size of the state and the ability of which of the following?
(a) The people to know it.
(b) The land to support it.
(c) The legislators to evaluate it.
(d) The government to administer it.

2. The author believes that all power comes from which of the following?
(a) Force.
(b) Violence.
(c) Human nature.
(d) God.

3. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?
(a) Physical.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Legal.

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

5. The citizens of Rome were freed from their day-to-day chores by slaves which allowed them to do which of the following?
(a) Focus on education.
(b) Participate in the running of their state.
(c) Focus on lives of leisure.
(d) Focus on earning more money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many rules does the author have to govern the interpretation of votes?

3. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?

4. The author believes that change is a fundamental aspect of which of the following, and cannot be stopped?

5. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?

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