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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?
(a) Serves the children.
(b) Serves the state.
(c) Serves the people.
(d) Serves the commons.

2. Instituting a government consists of establishing laws and which of the following?
(a) Instilling laws.
(b) Executing laws.
(c) Formalizing laws.
(d) Obeying laws.

3. The author believes that when citizens become enlightened they have to seize which of the following for themselves?
(a) Reason.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Power.
(d) Responsibility.

4. Which of the following best describes Grotius?
(a) A scientific philosopher.
(b) A social philosopher.
(c) A family philosopher.
(d) A religious philosopher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A lack of strength in the body politic comes from an inability to do which of the following?

2. Which of the following does the author use when he seeks to show how the Sovereign Will can be transformed into a democracy?

3. Which of the following terms refers to a generalized rule, way of communicating, or way of conducting affairs?

4. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?

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

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