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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Democracy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Theocracy.

2. The author believes that slavery is bad, but that it was a worthwhile price to pay because it allowed individuals to do which of the following?
(a) Spend more time at home.
(b) Spend more time being educated.
(c) Spend more time being Legislators.
(d) Spend more time in government.

3. The author believes that ancient people did not distinguish the laws of government from the laws of which of the following?
(a) Nature.
(b) Gods.
(c) Man.
(d) Science.

4. When good sense, justice, and integrity are sufficient for a position, who should be in the lot to be chosen for those positions?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Citizens.
(d) Previous leaders.

5. Which municipal government does the author use as an example of an effective balance between election by lot and election by vote?
(a) Paris.
(b) Munich.
(c) Venice.
(d) London.

6. Instituting a government consists of establishing laws and which of the following?
(a) Formalizing laws.
(b) Executing laws.
(c) Instilling laws.
(d) Obeying laws.

7. The author believes that having a censor in the government is which of the following?
(a) Wise.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Incendiary.
(d) Senseless.

8. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?
(a) Immoral.
(b) Individual.
(c) Unauthorized.
(d) Illegal.

9. A lack of strength in the body politic comes from an inability to do which of the following?
(a) Earn income.
(b) Participate.
(c) Educate themselves.
(d) Change.

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

11. What type of assembly deals with day-to-day matters?
(a) An emergency assembly.
(b) A superior assembly.
(c) A religious assembly.
(d) A criminal assembly.

12. The censor monitors and enforces which of the following?
(a) Legalities.
(b) Religion.
(c) Laws.
(d) Morality.

13. Why does the author suggest that, every few years, the tribunes be removed from the system of government?
(a) To prevent unrest.
(b) To prevent tyranny.
(c) To prevent laziness.
(d) To prevent over-service.

14. According to the author, which of the following terms best describes what the basic tenets of the Christian faith are to the function of the Sovereign?
(a) Antithetical.
(b) Complementary.
(c) Identical.
(d) Supplementary.

15. The views presented by the author on Christianity, would be considered which of the following by the Christian church?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) True.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the degeneration of which of the following governmental attributes is inevitable?

2. The author believes that if there were a state populated by which of the following, a democracy might be able to govern.

3. According to the author, what form of government is most prone to ongoing civil wars and socio-political agitation?

4. The author advocates a government that is which of the following in relation to the government in Ancient Rome?

5. The author states that warm countries are more often the scene of revolution because it is easy for the people to do which of the following?

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