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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 will of all is a conglomeration of which of the following?
(a) Private charities.
(b) Private interests.
(c) Private companies.
(d) Private needs.

2. The author states that there will be three wills operating within the Magistrate. Which of the following does the author think will naturally be the strongest?
(a) Individual will.
(b) Community will.
(c) Sovereign Will.
(d) Will of the people.

3. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
(a) Laws.
(b) Problems.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Trials.

4. The author believes that the government does not have the right to lay greater responsibility on one person than another because the government then becomes which of the following?
(a) Specific.
(b) Personal.
(c) Temporary.
(d) General.

5. The state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?
(a) Being taken by force.
(b) Being taken by others.
(c) Being taken.
(d) Being taken by law.

Short Answer Questions

1. By which of the following terms does the author state that the power of deciding for the whole of the body can only be established?

2. If the natural circumstances are not taken into account by the legislator, what type of status will the state be in?

3. When a state is too small, the people's spirit tends to become which of the following?

4. The author states that every free act must have two causes; moral and which of the following?

5. Which of the following refers to an imposition of an unnatural authority that is contrary to human nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three levels of will that a magistrate has operating within themselves?

2. According to the author, what is the only element that can direct the state?

3. How is the body politic destroyed?

4. When do individuals have to surrender their individual will?

5. How does the author describe humanity's basic animalistic drive?

6. According to the author, how should laws between states differ?

7. Why do legislators have to be aware of timing when they present laws?

8. According to the author, why did Peter the Great's reforms fail?

9. What does the author believe to be the foundation of all types of laws?

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

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