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

2. According to the author, no man has any natural authority over which of the following?
(a) His beliefs.
(b) His family.
(c) His state.
(d) His fellows.

3. Which of the following does the author consider to be the only thing that can direct a state toward decisions of the common good?
(a) Specific will of individuals.
(b) Specific will of the community.
(c) General will of the community.
(d) General will of the government.

4. The term, patriarchal refers to which of the following being dominant?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Fathers.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

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?
(a) Proper ordering.
(b) Totality.
(c) Convention.
(d) Veiled proceedings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?

2. The right of which of the following terms in the first degree refers to private property rights under the state?

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

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

5. The author believes that a legislator must not have which of the following over other men?

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