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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 Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?
(a) Fluctuations.
(b) Pressures.
(c) Debates.
(d) Battering.

2. The author states that slavery is established and perpetuated by which of the following?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Force.
(c) War.
(d) A majority.

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

4. The discussion that the author has about population would be described today using which of the following terms?
(a) Population maximization.
(b) Population density.
(c) Population growth.
(d) Population change.

5. Which of the following types of law is the third type of law that governs a specific type of relationship within a state?
(a) Property law.
(b) Hospitality law.
(c) Criminal law.
(d) Courtesy law.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that force does not constitute which of the following?

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

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

4. The author believes he is a citizen of which of the following?

5. The author believes that the people who deliberate and form the general will do not always do so from a place that houses which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On what type of standard are the authoritarian socio-political system and the family system both based?

3. What does the author state will happen unless natural circumstances are taken into account by the legislator?

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

5. What is the most freeing way of life for an individual?

6. What happens if a state becomes too large?

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

8. Why are legislators with the correct qualities important?

9. How is the body politic destroyed?

10. Can the general will err?

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