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

2. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?
(a) Property.
(b) National defense.
(c) Other individuals.
(d) Ideas and technology.

3. How many states does the author believe have been established within the guidelines that he gives in Book 2?
(a) A few.
(b) None.
(c) A lot.
(d) Ten.

4. The author states that slavery is established and perpetuated by which of the following?
(a) War.
(b) Force.
(c) A majority.
(d) Taxes.

5. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?
(a) True moral and compact authority.
(b) True moral and malignant authority.
(c) True moral and majority authority.
(d) True moral and collective authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, a city is a collection of which of the following?

2. The author believes that all power comes from which of the following?

3. According to the author, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?

4. The will of all is a conglomeration of which of the following?

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

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