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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which of the following factors does the author believe that men have no effect?
(a) How many farms can be established.
(b) How many people are needed.
(c) How many children are born.
(d) How many families are established.

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

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

4. 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) Liberty.
(b) Righteousness.
(c) Moral decency.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?

4. The author believes that force does not constitute which of the following?

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

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