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

2. The citizens of Rome were freed from their day-to-day chores by slaves which allowed them to do which of the following?
(a) Focus on lives of leisure.
(b) Participate in the running of their state.
(c) Focus on education.
(d) Focus on earning more money.

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

4. One of the votes that must be taken at a regular assembly is whether the Sovereign Will wishes to preserve which of the following?
(a) The present laws.
(b) The current magistrates.
(c) The current executives.
(d) The present form of government.

5. The author thinks that, as an expression of the Sovereign Will, the purer the expression means the greater of which of the following?
(a) Majority votes.
(b) Number of votes.
(c) Minority votes.
(d) Number of voters.

6. When the assemblies meet, which of the following should they break into in order to consider specific ideas?
(a) Committees.
(b) Expert areas.
(c) Parties.
(d) Sub-assemblies.

7. The author believes that a successful state has never been established without which of the following at its base?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Morality.
(d) Religion.

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

9. The author believes that if the Sovereign Will enacted laws, right and which of the following would be confounded?
(a) Truth.
(b) Objectivity.
(c) Fact.
(d) Opinion.

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

11. Which of the following governments does the author cite as an example for assembling all citizens in the state?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Ancient Russia.
(c) Ancient Germania.
(d) Ancient Rome.

12. The author believes that a good government must be which of the following?
(a) Adaptable.
(b) Legal.
(c) Justice-based.
(d) Based on society.

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

14. According to the author, the Princes who act as executives are fulfilling their duty as which of the following?
(a) Individuals.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Legislators.

15. What form of government does the author think is the worst type?
(a) Hereditary theocracy.
(b) Hereditary republic.
(c) Hereditary aristocracy.
(d) Hereditary monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe as having great power, not being able to do anything, but able to prevent everything?

2. Why does the author suggest that, every few years, the tribunes be removed from the system of government?

3. Which of the following lawgivers divided Rome into mathematically precise groups?

4. Which of the following offices does the author believe should be chosen by lot or chance, since those methods are closer to the laws of nature?

5. The author believes that in general, once that government is established, which of the following should not happen to it?

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