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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. According to the author, the more Magistrates that there are, the closer that the government is to which of the following?
(a) The will of the people.
(b) The ability to act well.
(c) A good government.
(d) A true republic.

2. The author believes that a man's hold on his personal property is which of the following when he is part of the state?
(a) Increased.
(b) Decreased.
(c) Safer.
(d) Harmless.

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

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

5. Which of the following is another phrase that the author uses for "empowering of the Sovereign Will"?
(a) The business of government.
(b) The business of citizens.
(c) The business of magistrates.
(d) The business of legislators.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to the author, every human being lives in which of the following?

3. The term, patriarchal refers to which of the following being dominant?

4. The author thinks that his ideas should be applied not just to the state but to which of the following?

5. When the author refers to "associations" formed in the community that must be kept equal, which of the following does he mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens if a state becomes too large?

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

3. Can the general will err?

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

5. How is the body politic destroyed?

6. What is the trade being made between freedom and government when there is only one magistrate?

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

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

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

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

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