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

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

3. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?
(a) Procreate.
(b) Survive.
(c) Rule.
(d) Have power.

4. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?
(a) Military.
(b) Work.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

5. According to the author, war originates from the relationship between which of the following?
(a) Families.
(b) Kings.
(c) Resources.
(d) States.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?

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

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

4. The author states that moral equality must be substituted for which of the following in a social contract?

5. The term, patriarchal refers to which of the following being dominant?

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