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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. Who does the author cite as an example of someone who attempted good reform, but did not know his people well enough to succeed?
2. According to the author, which of the following does man gain in the social contract?
3. The author believes that a human's most basic instinct is the will to do which of the following?
4. When an individual's will is in conflict with the will of the whole, what must the individual do?
5. The author believes that the government does not have the right to lay greater responsibility on one person than another because the government then becomes which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the second and third types of laws presented in Book 2, Chapter 12, have in common?
2. What does the author believe to be the foundation of all types of laws?
3. What are the three levels of will that a magistrate has operating within themselves?
4. What is the most freeing way of life for an individual?
5. What happens to the individual's hold on his personal property when he is part of the state?
6. Why are legislators with the correct qualities important?
7. On what type of standard are the authoritarian socio-political system and the family system both based?
8. Even though the government is an artificial creation, why does the author believe that it still has to maintain good relations?
9. What type of obedience has less value and is less enduring?
10. According to the author, how should laws between states differ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using specific examples from the book. explain what the role of a judge is, and what the most important qualities for a judge to have are, and why.
Essay Topic 2
What makes democracy unwieldy? How can democracy be made more efficient? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Referencing the four types of laws that are given at the end of Book 2, use examples from the book to explain what the four types of laws are, and how they define governments.
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