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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. 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 appointment.
(d) By lot.

2. According to the author, which of the following is a significant problem with a monarchy?
(a) The way that power is given.
(b) The way that power is defined.
(c) The way that power is used.
(d) The way that power is transfered.

3. A lack of strength in the body politic comes from an inability to do which of the following?
(a) Participate.
(b) Educate themselves.
(c) Change.
(d) Earn income.

4. Banning public conversation and assembly for the sake of maintaining power is the act of which of the following?
(a) A desperado.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) A king.
(d) A military leader.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the "one citizen one vote" system last in Ancient Rome?

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

3. The author suggest that the government which is simplest is which of the following?

4. Which ancient civilization's voting practices does the author examine in Chapter 3, Book 4?

5. Which of the following is the term for the system government type in which power is confined to a small number of people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are the two types of assemblies of citizens that the author describes?

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

7. What prevents abuses of power in government?

8. How does the author define a democracy?

9. What is the only law that the author believes requires unanimous consent?

10. What type of situation calls for a dictator?

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