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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author believes that there must be a balance between the size of the state and the ability of which of the following?
(a) The people to know it.
(b) The legislators to evaluate it.
(c) The land to support it.
(d) The government to administer it.

2. By being part of the social contract, man does which of the following?
(a) Gains property rights.
(b) Gains friendships.
(c) Becomes master of himself.
(d) Becomes a slave to others.

3. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?
(a) True moral and compact authority.
(b) True moral and collective authority.
(c) True moral and malignant authority.
(d) True moral and majority authority.

4. According to the author, who benefits in war?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The rich individuals.
(c) No one.
(d) The rulers.

5. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?
(a) Lawmakers in Ancient Greece.
(b) Lawmakers in India.
(c) Lawmakers in the Jewish religion.
(d) Lawmakers in Egypt.

6. The term, magistrate, is used interchangeably with which of the following titles?
(a) Leader.
(b) King.
(c) President.
(d) Prince.

7. The author believes that force does not constitute which of the following?
(a) Right.
(b) Power.
(c) Need.
(d) Enslavement.

8. Which of the following is destroyed if the government does not reflect the Sovereign Will?
(a) Body Politic.
(b) Political Knowledge.
(c) Government.
(d) Community.

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

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

11. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Legal.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Physical.

12. According to the author, politicians have separated the Sovereign Will into which of the following?
(a) Separate buildings.
(b) Separate jurisdictions.
(c) Separate wills.
(d) Separate votes.

13. How rare does the author think that individuals who possess the ideal traits of legislators are?
(a) So rare that they do not exist.
(b) Extremely rare.
(c) Not rare.
(d) Moderately rare.

14. When a state is too small, the people's spirit tends to become which of the following?
(a) Elevated.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Dull.
(d) Boosted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grotius?

2. The fourth type of law is the moral law of custom, also referred to as which of the following?

3. The author believes that the strength of the individual is insufficient to overcome which of the following?

4. Of the three wills operating within the Magistrate, which one has to be strongest for good government to exist?

5. According to the author, unless natural circumstances are taken into account by the legislator, the laws will be which of the following?

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