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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 having a censor in the government is which of the following?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Senseless.
(c) Wise.
(d) Incendiary.

2. When a government becomes more focused on its own needs and desires than on the Sovereign Will, the citizens are not obliged to do which of the following?
(a) Vote.
(b) Be involved.
(c) Obey.
(d) React.

3. According to the author, any expression of dissent must be which of the following?
(a) Idealized.
(b) Suppressed.
(c) Considered.
(d) Supported.

4. According to the author, by which of the following does the government tend to govern when it becomes large and bureaucratic?
(a) Individual will.
(b) General will.
(c) Sovereign Will.
(d) Representative will.

5. Which of the following terms is used to refer to anything that takes the citizen away from that which he perceives as his life of relative ease?
(a) Responsibilities.
(b) Inconveniency.
(c) Obligations.
(d) Duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that there is too much reverence for which of the following in many states?

2. According to the author, which of the following is a significant problem with a monarchy?

3. As long as people create and define their government according to the Sovereign Will, the nation will do which of the following?

4. The author believes that the religion of the state should be an enactment and/or embodiment of the faith in which of the following?

5. In Ancient Rome, which of the following did dictators often do before their term of service was over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would happen if the Sovereign Will enacted laws?

2. What type of government does the author think is best?

3. Pursuant to the author's rule, what is the exception to the government never being altered?

4. What does the author suggest that the religion of the state should be?

5. What are the two parts of instituting government?

6. According to the author, when is it ideal that certain positions be decided by vote?

7. How did the ancient people think of nature?

8. Whose power is null and void when assemblies are called?

9. What does a censor do?

10. What does the author suggest is the relationship between the Christian faith and the sovereign?

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