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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 there will be three wills operating within the Magistrate. Which of the following does the author think will naturally be the strongest?
(a) Sovereign Will.
(b) Community will.
(c) Individual will.
(d) Will of the people.

2. 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.

3. The Sovereign Will is the expression of desired action to meet which of the following?
(a) The needs of the state.
(b) The needs of the community.
(c) The needs of the citizens.
(d) The needs of the government.

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

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

6. The general will is always which of the following?
(a) Manipulated.
(b) Charitable.
(c) Right.
(d) Angry.

7. The social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?
(a) Political rights.
(b) Legal rights.
(c) Societal rights.
(d) Possession rights.

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

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

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

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

12. The author believes that every individual has the responsibility to die in defense of which of the following?
(a) The general will.
(b) The particular will.
(c) The state.
(d) The community.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the second aspect of government is that it exists for the good of which of the following?

2. The private will is inclined to which of the following?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following types of law is the third type of law that governs a specific type of relationship within a state?

5. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?

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