The Social Contract Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Social Contract Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The second type of law governs the relationship between which of the following within the state?
(a) Companies.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Factions.
(d) Industries.

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

5. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?
(a) Ivan the Great.
(b) Nicholas the Great.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Catherine the Great.

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

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

8. According to the author, a city is a collection of which of the following?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Areas.
(c) Citizens.
(d) Families.

9. The author states that moral equality must be substituted for which of the following in a social contract?
(a) Property inequality.
(b) Physical inequality.
(c) Social inequality.
(d) Possessor inequality.

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

11. 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) Property.
(c) National defense.
(d) Other individuals.

12. How many states does the author believe have been established within the guidelines that he gives in Book 2?
(a) A lot.
(b) None.
(c) Ten.
(d) A few.

13. 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 land to support it.
(b) The people to know it.
(c) The government to administer it.
(d) The legislators to evaluate it.

14. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?
(a) Keeps everyone miserable.
(b) Keeps those in power miserable.
(c) Keeps the middle-class miserable.
(d) Keeps the poor miserable.

15. Which of the following types of law is the third type of law that governs a specific type of relationship within a state?
(a) Property law.
(b) Criminal law.
(c) Courtesy law.
(d) Hospitality law.

Short Answer 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?

2. According to the author, politicians have separated the Sovereign Will into which of the following?

3. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?

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

5. When the author writes of a sovereign within the social contract, he refers to which of the following?

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