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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?
(a) Debates.
(b) Pressures.
(c) Fluctuations.
(d) Battering.

3. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?
(a) Religious groups.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Sporting teams.
(d) Clubs.

4. How does the author believes that certain positions that require particular skills and experience should be decided?
(a) By inheritance.
(b) By vote.
(c) By lot.
(d) By appointment.

5. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?
(a) Being taken.
(b) Being taken by law.
(c) Being taken by force.
(d) Being taken by others.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The term, patriarchal refers to which of the following being dominant?

3. Which of the following best describes Grotius?

4. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?

5. 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?

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