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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author believes that the strength of the individual is insufficient to overcome which of the following?
(a) Obstacles to survival.
(b) Obstacles to property ownership.
(c) The will of a powerful ruler.
(d) The will of the many.

3. 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 legislators to evaluate it.
(d) The government to administer it.

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

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

6. Which of the following does the author consider to be the only thing that can direct a state toward decisions of the common good?
(a) General will of the government.
(b) Specific will of the community.
(c) General will of the community.
(d) Specific will of individuals.

7. What type of community does the author envision in a seaside state?
(a) Shipping community.
(b) Agricultural community.
(c) Industrial community.
(d) Populous community.

8. The term, inherent in anarchy, refers to which of the following?
(a) Lack of will.
(b) Lawlessness.
(c) Ordering of men by power.
(d) Self-destruction.

9. When the author states that inspiration for lawmakers must come from God, whom of the following does he cite as examples?
(a) Lawmakers in Ancient Greece.
(b) Lawmakers in India.
(c) Lawmakers in the Jewish religion.
(d) Lawmakers in Egypt.

10. Which of the following is the name that the author gives to a state that is governed by enlightened laws solely for the public interest?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Monarchy.

11. 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) Punish.
(c) Execute.
(d) Isolate.

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

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

14. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?
(a) True moral and collective authority.
(b) True moral and majority authority.
(c) True moral and compact authority.
(d) True moral and malignant authority.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the larger that a state is, the less influence which of the following will have?

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

3. Men can accomplish more if they band together and work toward which of the following?

4. Of the three wills operating within the Magistrate, which one has to be strongest for good government to exist?

5. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?

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