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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 force does not constitute which of the following?
(a) Enslavement.
(b) Need.
(c) Power.
(d) Right.

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

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

4. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?
(a) Gains friendships.
(b) Becomes master of himself.
(c) Becomes a slave to others.
(d) Gains property rights.

5. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?
(a) Keeps those in power miserable.
(b) Keeps the poor miserable.
(c) Keeps the middle-class miserable.
(d) Keeps everyone miserable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?

2. 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?

3. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?

4. According to the author, no man has any natural authority over which of the following?

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

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