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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes Grotius?
(a) A scientific philosopher.
(b) A family philosopher.
(c) A religious philosopher.
(d) A social philosopher.

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

4. According to the author, every human being lives in which of the following?
(a) Need.
(b) Skin.
(c) Chains.
(d) Houses.

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

6. 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) Social.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Thoughtful.
(d) Political.

7. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?
(a) Private will.
(b) Sovereign Will.
(c) Political will.
(d) General will.

8. 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) Peter the Great.
(b) Nicholas the Great.
(c) Catherine the Great.
(d) Ivan the Great.

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

10. The author believes that Grotius formed his theories with the sole aim of flattering and ingratiating himself with whom of the following?
(a) The English king.
(b) The Spanish king.
(c) The French king.
(d) The German king.

11. The discussion that the author has about population would be described today using which of the following terms?
(a) Population growth.
(b) Population density.
(c) Population change.
(d) Population maximization.

12. Who is Grotius?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A revolutionary.
(c) A father.
(d) A king.

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

14. The private will is inclined to which of the following?
(a) Partiality.
(b) Semantics.
(c) Charity.
(d) Personalities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that a seaside state has almost unlimited means of which of the following?

2. 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?

3. The author states that the Magistrate receives power to lead the government from which of the following?

4. The author believes that there must be a balance between the size of the state and the ability of which of the following?

5. When a state is too small, the people's spirit tends to become which of the following?

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