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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 government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?
(a) Serves the people.
(b) Serves the state.
(c) Serves the commons.
(d) Serves the children.

2. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The government.
(c) The Legislator.
(d) The people.

3. According to the author, what form of government is most prone to ongoing civil wars and socio-political agitation?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Meritocracy.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Republic.

4. How does the author believes that certain positions that require particular skills and experience should be decided?
(a) By inheritance.
(b) By vote.
(c) By lot.
(d) By appointment.

5. The author believes that the belief in one god caused the separation of which of the following?
(a) Church and law.
(b) Church and man.
(c) Church and state.
(d) Church and science.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rules does the author have to govern the interpretation of votes?

2. The author believes that ancient people did not distinguish the laws of government from the laws of which of the following?

3. Which of the following should be the objective that people undertake in government?

4. In what ancient government was the need for representatives non-existent?

5. The author believes that a successful state has never been established without which of the following at its base?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In a monarchy, why does the power of the monarch have to be absolute?

3. What are the three forms of aristocracy?

4. Once established, why should government never be altered?

5. What is one of the three conditions that must be in place for a democracy not to be unwieldy and inefficient?

6. What does the author acknowledge as a generality about the behavior of warm countries?

7. What does the author state the government in Ancient Rome to be based on its high degree of closeness to natural order?

8. How did the ancient people think of nature?

9. What does monotheism mean?

10. According to the author, what happens to make the Sovereign Will an illusion?

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