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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. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?
(a) Social.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Political.
(d) Thoughtful.

2. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?
(a) Being taken by law.
(b) Being taken by force.
(c) Being taken by others.
(d) Being taken.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that force does not constitute which of the following?

2. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?

3. The author states that moral equality must be substituted for which of the following in a social contract?

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

5. By which of the following terms does the author state that the power of deciding for the whole of the body can only be established?

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