[ 147 ] Civics and Government GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Read the passage and answer the question that follows. “The person of the king is sacred, and to attack him in any way is an attack on religion itself. God has the kings anointed by his prophets . . . in the same way he has bishops and altars anointed. . . . The respect given to a king is religious in nature. Serving God and respecting kings are bound together. . . .” —Jacques Bossuet, French theologian, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture, 1707 Based on this excerpt, Bossuet believed in a. unlimited monarchy. b. the divine power of prophets. c. the importance of religious feeling. d. the separation of church and state. What is the “rule of law”? Name one branch or part of the government.