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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?
(a) War.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Revolt.
(d) Force.

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

4. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?
(a) The single ruler.
(b) The collective authority.
(c) The outward will of the group.
(d) The person in leadership of the group.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?

2. According to the author, which of the following does man gain in the social contract?

3. Which of the following terms refers to a generalized rule, way of communicating, or way of conducting affairs?

4. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?

5. According to the author, which of the following contributes toward obedience having less value?

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