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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 author believes that the people who deliberate and form the general will do not always do so from a place that houses which of the following?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Moral decency.
(c) Righteousness.
(d) Liberty.

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

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

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

5. The will of all is a conglomeration of which of the following?
(a) Private interests.
(b) Private charities.
(c) Private needs.
(d) Private companies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?

2. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?

3. According to the author, the ideal legislator is objective, intelligent, and which of the following?

4. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?

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

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