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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author suggest that the government which is simplest is which of the following?
(a) Best.
(b) Worst.
(c) Best for all.
(d) Mediocre.

2. In order to keep all the cities equal within the state, what does the author suggest be moved from city to city?
(a) The capital.
(b) The armies.
(c) The assemblies.
(d) The residence of the Prince.

3. Which of the following is the term for the system government type in which power is confined to a small number of people?
(a) Republic.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Democracy.

4. Which of the following does the author think should be established to prevent the abuse of power?
(a) A body of Legislators.
(b) A dictator.
(c) Intermediate Magistrates.
(d) A body of citizen advisors.

5. Which of the following lawgivers divided Rome into mathematically precise groups?
(a) Maximus.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Servius.
(d) Julius.

6. The author believes that the belief in one god caused the separation of which of the following?
(a) Church and law.
(b) Church and science.
(c) Church and man.
(d) Church and state.

7. According to the author, which of the following is a significant problem with a monarchy?
(a) The way that power is used.
(b) The way that power is given.
(c) The way that power is defined.
(d) The way that power is transfered.

8. The author believes that if there were a state populated by which of the following, a democracy might be able to govern.
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Gods.
(c) Few citizens.
(d) Educated citizens.

9. A natural aristocracy is based on government by which of the following?
(a) Those who inherit it.
(b) Those with age or experience.
(c) Those who are elected.
(d) Those who seize power.

10. The author's entire book is based on which of the following?
(a) Fiction.
(b) History.
(c) Fact.
(d) Theory.

11. According to the author, the result of Christian belief and perceptions of those beliefs in early times, resulted in which of the following?
(a) Stable societies.
(b) Perpetual conflict.
(c) Relaxed morality.
(d) Strict morality.

12. According to the author, by which of the following does the government tend to govern when it becomes large and bureaucratic?
(a) Sovereign Will.
(b) Individual will.
(c) General will.
(d) Representative will.

13. The author begins Book 4, Chapter 8, with a history of which of the following?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Violence.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

14. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?
(a) The government.
(b) The Prince.
(c) The people.
(d) The Legislator.

15. When a person has a minority vote, they must accept that they are wrong, and not which of the following?
(a) Liberated.
(b) Informed.
(c) Educated.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author maintains that any manifestation of the will of a minority is which of the following?

2. How does the author believes that certain positions that require particular skills and experience should be decided?

3. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?

4. As long as people create and define their government according to the Sovereign Will, the nation will do which of the following?

5. What form of government does the author think is the worst type?

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