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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 terms is used to refer to anything that takes the citizen away from that which he perceives as his life of relative ease?
(a) Inconveniency.
(b) Responsibilities.
(c) Obligations.
(d) Duty.

2. The author believes that sparsely populated areas are those that provide potential for which of the following?
(a) Educators.
(b) Tyrants.
(c) Legislators.
(d) Philosophers.

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) Aristocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Republic.

4. 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) Supplementary.
(b) Complementary.
(c) Antithetical.
(d) Identical.

5. What does the author describe as having great power, not being able to do anything, but able to prevent everything?
(a) Tribune-ship.
(b) Magistrate-ship.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Praetorship.

6. The author believes that in general, once that government is established, which of the following should not happen to it?
(a) Abolishment.
(b) Reformation.
(c) Disruption.
(d) Alteration.

7. According to the author, any expression of dissent must be which of the following?
(a) Suppressed.
(b) Supported.
(c) Idealized.
(d) Considered.

8. In Ancient Rome, which of the following did dictators often do before their term of service was over?
(a) Take over the government.
(b) Abdicate.
(c) Become senators.
(d) Run wild.

9. 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 being Legislators.
(b) Spend more time in government.
(c) Spend more time at home.
(d) Spend more time being educated.

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

11. Those votes influenced by the will of a despot are not which of the following?
(a) True votes.
(b) Intelligent votes.
(c) Free votes.
(d) Honorable votes.

12. Banning public conversation and assembly for the sake of maintaining power is the act of which of the following?
(a) A tyrant.
(b) A king.
(c) A desperado.
(d) A military leader.

13. According to the author, when is the only time that a dictatorship should only be established?
(a) In peacetime.
(b) In wartime.
(c) In times of civil unrest.
(d) In an emergency.

14. Which of the following should be the objective that people undertake in government?
(a) Finding a good government.
(b) Enduring a bad government.
(c) Overthrowing a disliked government.
(d) Dealing with a tyrannical government.

15. According to the author, what form of government is most prone to ongoing civil wars and socio-political agitation?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Meritocracy.
(d) Tyranny.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, which of the following terms best describes individuals who are forced to focus on money?

2. According to the author, what happens to the power of the Prince, magistrate, and legislator when assemblies form?

3. The author insists that the system of advisers to a Prince, in a monarchy, will be which of the following?

4. The author believes that the belief in one god caused the separation of which of the following?

5. When good sense, justice, and integrity are sufficient for a position, who should be in the lot to be chosen for those positions?

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