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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. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?
(a) The good of the poorest.
(b) The desire of the powerful.
(c) The desire of the majority.
(d) The common good.

2. The fourth type of law is the moral law of custom, also referred to as which of the following?
(a) Opinion.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Religion.
(d) Speech.

3. As long as people create and define their government according to the Sovereign Will, the nation will do which of the following?
(a) Run peacefully.
(b) Abolish poverty.
(c) Involve everyone.
(d) Be rich.

4. Those votes influenced by the will of a despot are not which of the following?
(a) Intelligent votes.
(b) True votes.
(c) Honorable votes.
(d) Free votes.

5. When good sense, justice, and integrity are sufficient for a position, who should be in the lot to be chosen for those positions?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Previous leaders.
(d) Everyone.

Short Answer 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?

2. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?

3. Which of the following should be the objective that people undertake in government?

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

5. According to the author, by which of the following does the government tend to govern when it becomes large and bureaucratic?

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