The Social Contract Quiz 2
1. What happens to the government's power when the people are assembled?
- It becomes stronger
- It becomes weaker
- It depends on the purpose of the assembly
- It is suspended because it is no longer an intermediary between the people and the sovereign
2. How can the dissolution of the state occur?
- The prince no longer obeys the law and usurps sovereignty
- The prince allows the people to become unruly
- The government promotes its own interest
- The government changes forms
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