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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 right of which of the following terms in the first degree refers to private property rights under the state?

2. Which of the following does the author suggest to be the best time for a state to be established?

3. The author believes that a seaside state has almost unlimited means of which of the following?

4. Of the three wills operating within the Magistrate, which one has to be strongest for good government to exist?

5. When a state becomes too large, the government becomes which of the following to a high degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, why did Peter the Great's reforms fail?

2. Why do legislators have to be aware of timing when they present laws?

3. How does the author describe humanity's basic animalistic drive?

4. What does man lose and gain by the social contract?

5. What is the author's definition of law?

6. On what type of standard are the authoritarian socio-political system and the family system both based?

7. What is one premise cited in the author's argument that imposition of an unnatural authority is contrary to human nature?

8. Why must the legislator not have command or authority over any man?

9. How does the author suggest that power for deciding who has authority must be established?

10. Can the general will err?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Using the author's definitions and examples, explain what the social contract is, and why it is important.

Essay Topic 3

The author differentiates between a state and a sovereign. What is the difference, and why is it important to the author?

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