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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Political.
(c) Social.
(d) Spiritual.

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. The author suggests that which of the following types of law is the foundation for all other laws?
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

8. The author states that the Magistrate receives power to lead the government from which of the following?
(a) Natural law.
(b) God.
(c) The constitution.
(d) The people.

9. According to the author, war originates from the relationship between which of the following?
(a) Kings.
(b) States.
(c) Resources.
(d) Families.

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

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

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

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

14. 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?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Moral decency.
(c) Righteousness.
(d) Liberty.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The will of all is a conglomeration of which of the following?

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

3. The author believes that every individual has the responsibility to die in defense of which of the following?

4. Who is Grotius?

5. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?

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