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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 strength of the individual is insufficient to overcome which of the following?
(a) The will of a powerful ruler.
(b) Obstacles to property ownership.
(c) The will of the many.
(d) Obstacles to survival.

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

3. Who is Grotius?
(a) A revolutionary.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A father.
(d) A king.

4. The author believes that the government does not have the right to lay greater responsibility on one person than another because the government then becomes which of the following?
(a) Specific.
(b) General.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Personal.

5. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Problems.
(c) Laws.
(d) Trials.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the author consider to be the only thing that can direct a state toward decisions of the common good?

2. The social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?

3. The author believes that when citizens become enlightened they have to seize which of the following for themselves?

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

5. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?

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