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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. On which of the following factors does the author believe that men have no effect?
(a) How many children are born.
(b) How many families are established.
(c) How many people are needed.
(d) How many farms can be established.

2. Of the three wills operating within the Magistrate, which one has to be strongest for good government to exist?
(a) Particular will.
(b) Will of the people.
(c) General will.
(d) Sovereign Will.

3. The author thinks that his ideas should be applied not just to the state but to which of the following?
(a) Communities.
(b) Family.
(c) World.
(d) City-state.

4. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?
(a) Clubs.
(b) Religious groups.
(c) Sporting teams.
(d) Political parties.

5. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Political.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term, magistrate, is used interchangeably with which of the following titles?

2. The general will is always which of the following?

3. The author states that the Magistrate receives power to lead the government from which of the following?

4. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?

5. The first type of laws govern the interaction between the state and which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does every individual have the responsibility to die in defense of the state?

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

5. How is the body politic destroyed?

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

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

8. What does the author cite as being an essential foundation for living and governing the right way?

9. What do the second and third types of laws presented in Book 2, Chapter 12, have in common?

10. What reason does the author cite as the necessary one for the social contract to be established?

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