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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, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?
(a) Concern.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Violence.
(d) Harm.

2. The author thinks that his ideas should be applied not just to the state but to which of the following?
(a) Communities.
(b) City-state.
(c) Family.
(d) World.

3. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?
(a) Advocate for his position.
(b) Surrender his will.
(c) Draw people to his side.
(d) Revolt.

4. The citizens of Rome were freed from their day-to-day chores by slaves which allowed them to do which of the following?
(a) Focus on education.
(b) Focus on lives of leisure.
(c) Participate in the running of their state.
(d) Focus on earning more money.

5. According to the author, the degeneration of which of the following governmental attributes is inevitable?
(a) Authority.
(b) Habits.
(c) Laws.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. As long as people create and define their government according to the Sovereign Will, the nation will do which of the following?

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

3. A natural aristocracy is based on government by which of the following?

4. According to the author, what happens to the power of the Prince, magistrate, and legislator when assemblies form?

5. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?

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