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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the populace trust to determine the specificity of the laws?
(a) Certain bodies such as courts.
(b) Police.
(c) Congress.
(d) Vigilanties.

2. What is the first question Hart identified?
(a) What makes law obligatory.
(b) Who wants laws.
(c) Who create law.
(d) Who needs laws.

3. What are some primitive society rules by?
(a) Rules.
(b) Moral.
(c) Laws.
(d) Customs.

4. What do constitutions specify?
(a) The basic laws of the land.
(b) The domains over which sovereign power may exercised.
(c) Who is in allow to take power.
(d) Who can change the law and why.

5. What are rules typically regarded as?
(a) Illegitimate.
(b) Unavailable.
(c) Universal.
(d) Legitimate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do criminal laws specifies must be followed?

2. How would a man keep law from applying to him, according to Austin?

3. What is the concept of law according to Hart?

4. What is a common myth about laws?

5. How do some react to rules themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the criminal law specify?

2. What does Hart continue to illustrate?

3. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

4. Why is social pressure serious?

5. Where is the sovereignty conception of law held to be true?

6. What is the habit of obedience understood to apply to?

7. What have some philosophers analyzed?

8. What do judges have powers to do?

9. How do we speak of justice?

10. What do laws require?

(see the answer keys)

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