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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, the larger that a state is, the less influence which of the following will have?
(a) The individual.
(b) The Magistrate.
(c) The army.
(d) The Legislator.

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

3. According to the author, from which of the following does justice flow?
(a) Nature.
(b) The law.
(c) The general will.
(d) God.

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

5. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?
(a) Friends.
(b) Family.
(c) Military.
(d) Work.

6. 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) Political will.
(c) Sovereign Will.
(d) General will.

7. According to the author, which of the following does man gain in the social contract?
(a) Social liberty.
(b) Spiritual liberty.
(c) Civil liberty.
(d) Political liberty.

8. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?
(a) Sporting teams.
(b) Religious groups.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Political parties.

9. According to the author, the ideal legislator is objective, intelligent, and which of the following?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Delicate.
(c) Creative.
(d) Compassionate.

10. According to the author, who benefits in war?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The rich individuals.
(c) No one.
(d) The rulers.

11. The author believes that a legislator must not have which of the following over other men?
(a) Riches.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Morality.
(d) Authority.

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

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

14. Which of the following is another phrase that the author uses for "empowering of the Sovereign Will"?
(a) The business of magistrates.
(b) The business of citizens.
(c) The business of legislators.
(d) The business of government.

15. 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) Proper ordering.
(b) Convention.
(c) Veiled proceedings.
(d) Totality.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?

2. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?

3. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?

4. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?

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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