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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. Which of the following should be the objective that people undertake in government?
2. Which of the following lawgivers divided Rome into mathematically precise groups?
3. The government should be abolished if it no longer does which of the following?
4. The author begins Book 4, Chapter 8, with a history of which of the following?
5. A lack of strength in the body politic comes from an inability to do which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two parts of instituting government?
2. What would happen if the Sovereign Will enacted laws?
3. What is the only law that the author believes requires unanimous consent?
4. What does the author suggest is the relationship between the Christian faith and the sovereign?
5. According to the author, focus upon which aspect of their life by individuals results in their loss of freedom?
6. According to the author, what happens to make the Sovereign Will an illusion?
7. What does monotheism mean?
8. According to the author, when is it ideal that certain positions be decided by vote?
9. How does the author define a democracy?
10. Pursuant to the author's rule, what is the exception to the government never being altered?
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
What does the author think of individuals? What characteristics does the author believe individuals have? Why is that important to the author's theory? Use at least three examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Referencing the four types of laws that are given at the end of Book 2, use examples from the book to explain what the four types of laws are, and how they define governments.
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