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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the author consider to be the only thing that can direct a state toward decisions of the common good?
(a) Specific will of individuals.
(b) General will of the government.
(c) Specific will of the community.
(d) General will of the community.

2. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?
(a) Political will.
(b) Sovereign Will.
(c) Private will.
(d) General will.

3. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Revolution.
(c) War.
(d) Force.

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

5. The right of which of the following terms in the first degree refers to private property rights under the state?
(a) Handling.
(b) Possession.
(c) Ownership.
(d) Lawfulness.

6. According to the author, unless natural circumstances are taken into account by the legislator, the laws will be which of the following?
(a) Hard to follow.
(b) Broken.
(c) Weak.
(d) Useless.

7. The author states that slavery is established and perpetuated by which of the following?
(a) Force.
(b) A majority.
(c) Taxes.
(d) War.

8. The author believes that cultural reform must happen when the culture is in which of the following states?
(a) Relatively old.
(b) Relatively unsteady.
(c) Relatively solid.
(d) Relatively young.

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

10. According to the author, which of the following situation takes place within a state that is plagued by uncertainty?
(a) There is a revolution.
(b) It fixes itself.
(c) It is conquered.
(d) It falls apart.

11. According to the author, which of the following does a legislator do?
(a) Repeals laws.
(b) Makes laws.
(c) Enacts laws.
(d) Interprets laws.

12. Which of the following terms refers to a generalized rule, way of communicating, or way of conducting affairs?
(a) Constitution.
(b) Convention.
(c) Society.
(d) Contract.

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

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

15. The first type of laws govern the interaction between the state and which of the following?
(a) The Sovereign.
(b) The community.
(c) The people.
(d) The world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?

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

3. The author believes that force does not constitute which of the following?

4. The author thinks that his ideas should be applied not just to the state but to which of the following?

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

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