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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. According to the author, which of the following is the sign of a good government?
(a) Absolute.
(b) Different for different countries.
(c) Never present.
(d) Hidden.

2. One of the votes that must be taken at a regular assembly is whether the Sovereign Will wishes to preserve which of the following?
(a) The present laws.
(b) The current executives.
(c) The current magistrates.
(d) The present form of government.

3. The author believes that sparsely populated areas are those that provide potential for which of the following?
(a) Legislators.
(b) Tyrants.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Educators.

4. According to the author, no man has any natural authority over which of the following?
(a) His beliefs.
(b) His family.
(c) His fellows.
(d) His state.

5. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?
(a) A true republic.
(b) The will of the people.
(c) The ability to act well.
(d) A good government.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, every human being lives in which of the following?

2. The author thinks that, as an expression of the Sovereign Will, the purer the expression means the greater of which of the following?

3. The author believes that a legislator must not have which of the following over other men?

4. Where does the author believe government to have the best and truest form of ultimate power?

5. The author states that moral equality must be substituted for which of the following in a social contract?

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