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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. According to the author, which of the following contributes toward obedience having less value?

2. The author compares authoritarian societies to which of the following social structures?

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

4. According to the author, the state does not have a right to take the life of an individual who threatens which of the following?

5. The social contract equalizes all men in which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the body politic destroyed?

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

3. What type of obedience has less value and is less enduring?

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

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

6. What does the author believe to be the foundation of all types of laws?

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

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

How does the author define a citizen? What are a citizen's roles and responsibilities? Use at least three examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does power shift back and forth between the three types of government? Use specific examples from the book, including historical ones, to support your essay.

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