3. Which of the following has a nonstandard verb form?

A) Part 5

B) Part 7

C) Part 8

D) Part 9

3. The correct choice is D.

The verb "is" would be correct if the subject were singular, but in this sentence "free speech and free assembly" is a plural subject. The verb needs to be changed to "are." This change is shown below in red.

(1) Democracy is a form of government in which final authority rests in the people’s hands. (2) There are, however, very few modern examples of governments where all the citizens actually participate in deciding all important issues. (3) The Greek root word for democracy means “rule of the people.” (4) A few small towns in New England still hold annual or semi-annual town meetings at which important issues are decided by majority votes, but even those are now rare.

(5) Many national governments are, instead, representative democracies where all citizens are able to vote for the people who make the laws. (6) A true representative democracy requires that at least two viewpoints be widely available so that citizens have an actual choice. (7) Governments which hold elections but allow only “official” candidates are not true democracies. (8) Although widely criticized, these governments defend their practice by claiming that the “party” already knows what the people want. (9) Whether the group in power actually does know best or not, it is certainly true that the free speech and free assembly usually required by a representative democracy is often lacking in these one party states. (9) Whether the group in power actually does know best or not, it is certainly true that the free speech and free assembly usually required by a representative democracy are often lacking in these one party states.