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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's entire book is based on which of the following?
2. Which of the following does the author use when he seeks to show how the Sovereign Will can be transformed into a democracy?
3. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?
4. In order to make a democracy efficient, there must be a set of rules governing which of the following?
5. The author believes that representatives are an unnecessary level of mediation between the Sovereign Will and which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the author, when is it ideal that certain positions be decided by vote?
2. What does the author acknowledge as a generality about the behavior of warm countries?
3. What is the purpose of the tribunes?
4. How did the ancient people think of nature?
5. What are the two types of assemblies of citizens that the author describes?
6. According to the author, what happens to make the Sovereign Will an illusion?
7. What does the author state the government in Ancient Rome to be based on its high degree of closeness to natural order?
8. What type of situation calls for a dictator?
9. What are the three forms of aristocracy?
10. Whose power is null and void when assemblies are called?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using specific examples from the book. explain what the role of a judge is, and what the most important qualities for a judge to have are, and why.
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
Which does the author believe to be the lesser of two evils: Too much government, or a government governed by individual will? Why? What are three examples that support your position?
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