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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, the degeneration of which of the following governmental attributes is inevitable?
(a) Habits.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Authority.
(d) Laws.

2. In order to make a democracy efficient, there must be a set of rules governing which of the following?
(a) Public debate.
(b) Education.
(c) Benefits.
(d) Distribution of resources.

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

4. When a government becomes more focused on its own needs and desires than on the Sovereign Will, the citizens are not obliged to do which of the following?
(a) Vote.
(b) Obey.
(c) Be involved.
(d) React.

5. How does the author believes that certain positions that require particular skills and experience should be decided?
(a) By lot.
(b) By inheritance.
(c) By vote.
(d) By appointment.

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

7. 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) Theocracy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Republic.

8. A dictator should have power and which of the following?
(a) Military experience.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Harshness.
(d) People-skills.

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

10. How long did the "one citizen one vote" system last in Ancient Rome?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

13. How many rules does the author have to govern the interpretation of votes?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

14. 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 current executives.
(b) The present laws.
(c) The current magistrates.
(d) The present form of government.

15. Which of the following does the Sovereign Will become when private interests dominate government?
(a) A fake.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) An illusion.
(d) Corrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ancient civilization's voting practices does the author examine in Chapter 3, Book 4?

2. In Ancient Rome, which of the following did dictators often do before their term of service was over?

3. In a monarchy, the individual in power represents which of the following?

4. According to the author, by which of the following does the government tend to govern when it becomes large and bureaucratic?

5. Instituting a government consists of establishing laws and which of the following?

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