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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author believes that men are not naturally which of the following?
(a) Violent.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Social.
(d) Enemies.

2. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?
(a) Peter the Great.
(b) Ivan the Great.
(c) Catherine the Great.
(d) Nicholas the Great.

3. According to the author, unless natural circumstances are taken into account by the legislator, the laws will be which of the following?
(a) Useless.
(b) Hard to follow.
(c) Weak.
(d) Broken.

4. The author states that a social contract in a bad government does which of the following?
(a) Keeps those in power miserable.
(b) Keeps the poor miserable.
(c) Keeps everyone miserable.
(d) Keeps the middle-class miserable.

5. Which of the following terms refers to a generalized rule, way of communicating, or way of conducting affairs?
(a) Constitution.
(b) Convention.
(c) Society.
(d) Contract.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sovereign Will is the expression of desired action to meet which of the following?

2. The Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?

3. The author believes that cultural reform must happen when the culture is in which of the following states?

4. The author believes that there must be a balance between the size of the state and the ability of which of the following?

5. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics does the author give humans?

2. Why must the legislator not have command or authority over any man?

3. What type of obedience has less value and is less enduring?

4. What happens if a state becomes too large?

5. How does the need felt by the citizens use the Sovereign Will to connect to the governed?

6. According to the author, what type of geography makes a state unstable?

7. Why are legislators with the correct qualities important?

8. What is the author's definition of law?

9. What is one premise cited in the author's argument that imposition of an unnatural authority is contrary to human nature?

10. Even though the government is an artificial creation, why does the author believe that it still has to maintain good relations?

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