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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. 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) React.
(b) Be involved.
(c) Vote.
(d) Obey.

2. The author thinks that, as an expression of the Sovereign Will, the purer the expression means the greater of which of the following?
(a) Number of votes.
(b) Majority votes.
(c) Number of voters.
(d) Minority votes.

3. Which of the following does the Sovereign Will become when private interests dominate government?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) A fake.
(d) An illusion.

4. According to the author, which of the following terms best describes what the basic tenets of the Christian faith are to the function of the Sovereign?
(a) Complementary.
(b) Identical.
(c) Supplementary.
(d) Antithetical.

5. In order to promote efficiency in a democracy, in which of the following must there be utter equality in rank and fortune?
(a) The legislators.
(b) The officeholders.
(c) The citizens.
(d) The magistrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that a good government must be which of the following?

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. The author believes that having a censor in the government is which of the following?

5. According to the author, what form of government is most prone to ongoing civil wars and socio-political agitation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the tribunes?

3. What does monotheism mean?

4. According to the author, what is the sign of a good government?

5. What are the three forms of aristocracy?

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

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

8. What are the two parts of instituting government?

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

10. What is the best way for the Sovereign Will to be understood?

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