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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 author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?
2. The author believes that if the Sovereign Will enacted laws, right and which of the following would be confounded?
3. The author believes that a successful state has never been established without which of the following at its base?
4. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?
5. As long as people create and define their government according to the Sovereign Will, the nation will do which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author suggest that the religion of the state should be?
2. What is the purpose of the tribunes?
3. For what purpose does the author use the government in Venice as an example?
4. What does the author state the government in Ancient Rome to be based on its high degree of closeness to natural order?
5. What does the author acknowledge as a generality about the behavior of warm countries?
6. How does the author define a democracy?
7. What would happen if the Sovereign Will enacted laws?
8. What does monotheism mean?
9. What is the only law that the author believes requires unanimous consent?
10. What are the two types of assemblies of citizens that the author describes?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
What points in the book support the author's theme that the moral authority of the group is stronger than that of an individual?
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