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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is destroyed if the government does not reflect the Sovereign Will?
(a) Body Politic.
(b) Community.
(c) Government.
(d) Political Knowledge.

2. The author believes that Grotius formed his theories with the sole aim of flattering and ingratiating himself with whom of the following?
(a) The German king.
(b) The Spanish king.
(c) The French king.
(d) The English king.

3. Which of the following does the author suggest to be the best time for a state to be established?
(a) During a time of relative peace.
(b) At the beginning of war.
(c) At the time that violence comes to an end.
(d) In the middle of prosperity.

4. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?
(a) Ivan the Great.
(b) Nicholas the Great.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Catherine the Great.

5. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?
(a) Respect.
(b) A government.
(c) Social order.
(d) Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?

2. The author suggests that which of the following types of law is the foundation for all other laws?

3. When a state becomes too large, the government becomes which of the following to a high degree?

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

5. The term, magistrate, is used interchangeably with which of the following titles?

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