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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. Which of the following terms is used to describe belief in one god to the exclusion of all others?
(a) Polytheism.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Dualism.

2. Those votes influenced by the will of a despot are not which of the following?
(a) True votes.
(b) Free votes.
(c) Intelligent votes.
(d) Honorable votes.

3. The author insists that the system of advisers to a Prince, in a monarchy, will be which of the following?
(a) Helpful.
(b) Full of experts.
(c) Corrupt.
(d) Full of friends.

4. Which of the following terms best describes all assemblies by the people that fall outside the two types of assemblies that the author describes?
(a) Unauthorized.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Individual.

5. When the assemblies meet, which of the following should they break into in order to consider specific ideas?
(a) Sub-assemblies.
(b) Expert areas.
(c) Parties.
(d) Committees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following lawgivers divided Rome into mathematically precise groups?

2. According to the author, which of the following terms best describes individuals who are forced to focus on money?

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

4. Why does the author suggest that, every few years, the tribunes be removed from the system of government?

5. The citizens of Rome were freed from their day-to-day chores by slaves which allowed them to do which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does a censor do?

3. What type of situation calls for a dictator?

4. What are the three forms of aristocracy?

5. How did the ancient people think of nature?

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

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

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

9. According to the author, focus upon which aspect of their life by individuals results in their loss of freedom?

10. For what purpose does the author use the government in Venice as an example?

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