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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author states that the second aspect of government is that it exists for the good of which of the following?
2. Which of the following does the author believes to be few in number in a well-ordered state?
3. The author states that there will be three wills operating within the Magistrate. Which of the following does the author think will naturally be the strongest?
4. The author believes that the more bureaucracy that there is, the more that the government will be dominated by which type of will?
5. By which of the following terms does the author state that the power of deciding for the whole of the body can only be established?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the trade being made between freedom and government when there is only one magistrate?
2. How does the author suggest that power for deciding who has authority must be established?
3. What does the author suggest that the social contract gives?
4. What reason does the author cite as the necessary one for the social contract to be established?
5. What does man lose and gain by the social contract?
6. How is the body politic destroyed?
7. What is one premise cited in the author's argument that imposition of an unnatural authority is contrary to human nature?
8. What is the author's definition of law?
9. What does the author cite as being an essential foundation for living and governing the right way?
10. When do individuals have to surrender their individual will?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What points in the book support the author's theme that the moral authority of the group is stronger than that of an individual?
Essay Topic 2
What does the author think of individuals? What characteristics does the author believe individuals have? Why is that important to the author's theory? Use at least three examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Using the book to find examples to support your answer, explain whether the author thinks that it is the right of the strong to rule.
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