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The Social Contract Quiz 1

  • 1. Which is the only European nation that Rousseau believes is capable of receiving legislation?
    •     England
    •     Corsica
    •     Switzerland
    •     France

  • 2. Which of the following is NOT a tenet of Rousseau's civil religion?
    •     Loyalty to one's government
    •     Justice
    •     Belief in an afterlife
    •     Belief in God

  • 3. What prevents the government from usurping legislative authority?
    •     Periodic assemblies of the people
    •     Short terms in office
    •     A weak and decentralized executive
    •     A strong constitution

  • 4. Why can't a free people have representatives?
    •     Because sovereignty is inalienable
    •     Because representatives only cater to the public interest during elections
    •     Because representatives are likely to become corrupt
    •     Because eventually representatives will try to invalidate the social contract

  • 5. Rousseau believed that all governments would try to do what?
    •     Prolong the terms of government officials
    •     Tax the people unnecessarily
    •     Go to war with foreign nations
    •     Usurp the power of the sovereign

  • 6. Which form of government does Rousseau prefer?
    •     Democracy
    •     Hereditary Aristocracy
    •     Elective Aristocracy
    •     Monarchy

  • 7. Which of the following is NOT a legitimate right?
    •     The right to private property
    •     The right to religious freedom
    •     The right to refuse the social contract
    •     The right of the strongest

  • 8. What happens when the health of the state declines?
    •     The legislature takes on the functions of the executive
    •     The size of the government decreases
    •     The size of the government increases
    •     The size of the government stays the same

  • 9. What is the only natural society?
    •     The Church
    •     The family
    •     The tribe
    •     The state

  • 10. Rousseau believes that monarchies are best-suited to what kind of climate?
    •     Hot
    •     Breezy
    •     Temperate
    •     Cold

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