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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, 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 transfered.
(d) The way that power is defined.

2. Which of the following does the author use when he seeks to show how the Sovereign Will can be transformed into a democracy?
(a) Italian House of Commons.
(b) German House of Commons.
(c) British House of Commons.
(d) French House of Commons.

3. How many votes does the author state need to be taken at each regular meeting of assemblies?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

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

6. The author believes that warm countries need which of the following in fewer numbers?
(a) People.
(b) Rules.
(c) Laws.
(d) Fields.

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

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

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

10. In a monarchy, the individual in power represents which of the following?
(a) The private will.
(b) The collective being.
(c) The general public.
(d) The ideal citizen.

11. According to the author, what happens to the power of the Prince, magistrate, and legislator when assemblies form?
(a) It is given to them.
(b) It ceases.
(c) It is reaffirmed.
(d) It increases.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a government deteriorates, it results in the death of which of the following?

2. In order to keep all the cities equal within the state, what does the author suggest be moved from city to city?

3. The author believes that the religion of the state should be an enactment and/or embodiment of the faith in which of the following?

4. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?

5. The author thinks that, as an expression of the Sovereign Will, the purer the expression means the greater of which of the following?

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