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Question

Montesquieu believed that if the tasks of government are separated into different branches, those branches have the power to __________.

A. compete for power
B. take over one another
C. keep each other in check
D. destroy each other

Answer 1

C is the correct answer. It was his thinking that resulted in the balance of power that exists in our own Constitution where the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the government each have a check on the other to ensure one area of the government cannot take over and rule.

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Answer 2

It has to be C.

If any of the others were the answer, eventually the competition would lead to one of them taking full control and there would no longer be different branches. So logically, C must be the answer.

Answer 3

c