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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first type of laws govern the interaction between the state and which of the following?
(a) The community.
(b) The Sovereign.
(c) The world.
(d) The people.

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

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

4. Which of the following does the author consider to be the only thing that can direct a state toward decisions of the common good?
(a) Specific will of individuals.
(b) General will of the government.
(c) Specific will of the community.
(d) General will of the community.

5. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?
(a) Physical law.
(b) Scientific law.
(c) Legal law.
(d) Natural law.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?

2. According to the author, which of the following does man give up in the social contract?

3. The author believes that there must be a balance between the size of the state and the ability of which of the following?

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?

5. The author believes that men are not naturally which of the following?

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