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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Egypt.
(c) Lawmakers in India.
(d) Lawmakers in the Jewish religion.

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

4. On which of the following factors does the author believe that men have no effect?
(a) How many farms can be established.
(b) How many families are established.
(c) How many people are needed.
(d) How many children are born.

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

6. By which of the following terms does the author state that the power of deciding for the whole of the body can only be established?
(a) Convention.
(b) Proper ordering.
(c) Veiled proceedings.
(d) Totality.

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

8. 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) General will of the community.
(b) Specific will of the community.
(c) General will of the government.
(d) Specific will of individuals.

9. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?
(a) Ideas and technology.
(b) Other individuals.
(c) National defense.
(d) Property.

10. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Problems.
(c) Laws.
(d) Trials.

11. According to the author, which of the following does the state have a right to do to people who threaten the state?
(a) Isolate.
(b) Seize.
(c) Punish.
(d) Execute.

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

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

14. The author believes that a seaside state has almost unlimited means of which of the following?
(a) Supporting itself.
(b) Peace.
(c) Providing income.
(d) Expansion.

15. 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) Clubs.
(d) Sporting teams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If the natural circumstances are not taken into account by the legislator, what type of status will the state be in?

3. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?

4. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?

5. According to the author, a city is a collection of which of the following?

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