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

2. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?
(a) Immoral.
(b) Unauthorized.
(c) Individual.
(d) Illegal.

3. Which of the following terms is used to refer to anything that takes the citizen away from that which he perceives as his life of relative ease?
(a) Inconveniency.
(b) Duty.
(c) Obligations.
(d) Responsibilities.

4. How many votes does the author state need to be taken at each regular meeting of assemblies?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. The term, patriarchal refers to which of the following being dominant?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Women.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ancient civilization's voting practices does the author examine in Chapter 3, Book 4?

2. The fourth type of law is the moral law of custom, also referred to as which of the following?

3. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?

4. Which of the following is destroyed if the government does not reflect the Sovereign Will?

5. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?

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