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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?
(a) Legal rights.
(b) Possession rights.
(c) Political rights.
(d) Societal rights.

2. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?
(a) The general will.
(b) God.
(c) The law.
(d) Nature.

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

4. The term, inherent in anarchy, refers to which of the following?
(a) Self-destruction.
(b) Lawlessness.
(c) Lack of will.
(d) Ordering of men by power.

5. According to the author, every human being lives in which of the following?
(a) Houses.
(b) Skin.
(c) Chains.
(d) Need.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that Grotius formed his theories with the sole aim of flattering and ingratiating himself with whom of the following?

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

3. According to the author, which of the following does man give up in the social contract?

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

5. Who is Grotius?

(see the answer key)

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