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

2. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?
(a) Procreate.
(b) Survive.
(c) Have power.
(d) Rule.

3. The author believes that all power comes from which of the following?
(a) Force.
(b) God.
(c) Human nature.
(d) Violence.

4. The author believes that change is a fundamental aspect of which of the following, and cannot be stopped?
(a) Science.
(b) Nature.
(c) Law.
(d) States.

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

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

7. 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 people are needed.
(c) How many families are established.
(d) How many children are born.

8. In Chapter 12, the author summarizes his theme that which of the following is necessary for law and government?
(a) Morality.
(b) Consistency.
(c) Adaptability.
(d) Legality.

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

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

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

12. The author states that the second aspect of government is that it exists for the good of which of the following?
(a) The state.
(b) The individual.
(c) The Sovereign.
(d) The community.

13. According to the author, violence is a poor means of maintaining which of the following?
(a) A government.
(b) Social order.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Respect.

14. The author believes that the law of government must develop, in tandem, with which of the following types of law?
(a) Legal law.
(b) Physical law.
(c) Natural law.
(d) Scientific law.

15. According to the author, the legislator must appeal to an authority who can bear men away without which of the following elements?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Concern.
(c) Harm.
(d) Violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, which of the following does man gain in the social contract?

2. According to the author, which of the following does man give up in the social contract?

3. The author believes that men are not naturally which of the following?

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

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

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