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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 Sovereign Will is subject to which of the following in a constant way?

2. Which of the following is another phrase that the author uses for "empowering of the Sovereign Will"?

3. According to the author, people who live under a tyrant or despot, yet find their lives peaceful, are experiencing which of the following types of slavery?

4. When men work together in the way that the author suggests, it produces what type of authority?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the body politic destroyed?

3. When do individuals have to surrender their individual will?

4. How does the need felt by the citizens use the Sovereign Will to connect to the governed?

5. What does the author cite as being an essential foundation for living and governing the right way?

6. What is the trade being made between freedom and government when there is only one magistrate?

7. According to the author, how should laws between states differ?

8. Can the general will err?

9. What happens to the individual's hold on his personal property when he is part of the state?

10. What does the author suggest that the social contract gives?

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

What makes democracy unwieldy? How can democracy be made more efficient? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

According to the author, what are the causes and effects of violence? Cite three examples from the book to support your answer.

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