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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 general will is always which of the following?
(a) Charitable.
(b) Manipulated.
(c) Right.
(d) Angry.

2. 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) Harm.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Concern.

3. 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.

4. According to the author, which of the following contributes toward obedience having less value?
(a) Respect.
(b) Fear.
(c) Desire.
(d) External forces.

5. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?
(a) The good of the poorest.
(b) The desire of the majority.
(c) The common good.
(d) The desire of the powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?

2. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?

3. Which of the following is destroyed if the government does not reflect the Sovereign Will?

4. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?

5. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?

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