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

2. Which of the following governments does the author cite as an example for assembling all citizens in the state?
(a) Ancient Rome.
(b) Ancient Germania.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) Ancient Russia.

3. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?
(a) The government.
(b) The Prince.
(c) The Legislator.
(d) The people.

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

5. The general will is always which of the following?
(a) Charitable.
(b) Manipulated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Right.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?

2. According to the author, unless natural circumstances are taken into account by the legislator, the laws will be which of the following?

3. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?

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?

5. According to the author, which of the following situation takes place within a state that is plagued by uncertainty?

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