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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 state is supposed to enact laws that protect personal property from which of the following?

2. The author believes that men are not naturally which of the following?

3. According to the author, who benefits in war?

4. The will of all is a conglomeration of which of the following?

5. Which of the following best describes Grotius?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though the government is an artificial creation, why does the author believe that it still has to maintain good relations?

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

3. What reason does the author cite as the necessary one for the social contract to be established?

4. How is the body politic destroyed?

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

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

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

8. According to the author, what type of geography makes a state unstable?

9. What is the most freeing way of life for an individual?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the examples from the book, explain the signs of a good government and a bad government. Also explain what takes place to make a good government turn into a bad government.

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

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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