Political Science: Chapter 1 The Political Landscape Quiz 1



Question 1       A social contract theory of government was proposed by
            1)         Plato and Aristotle.
            2)         Aquinas and Luther.
            3)         Newton and the separatists.
            4)         Locke and Hobbes.
            5)         Plato and Luther.
Question 2       Indirect democracy is based on
            1)         Consensus.
            2)         Unanimity.
            3)         The system of government used in ancient Greece.
            4)         Representation.
            5)         "Mob rule."
Question 3       A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are part of nature and can be understood by reason is called
            1)         Ethical law.
            2)         Contract law.
            3)         Natural law.
            4)         Newton's law.
            5)         Constitutional law.
Question 4       According to the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, which of the following is NOT an example of a function of American government?
            1)         Promoting the general welfare
            2)         Securing the blessings of liberty
            3)         Ensuring the pursuit of happiness
            4)         Establishing justice
            5)         Insuring domestic tranquility
Question 5       All of the following are among the functions that political scientists attribute to ideologies EXCEPT
            1)         Explanation
            2)         Evaluation
            3)         Orientation
            4)         Discrimination
            5)         Political programs
Question 6       Enlightenment thinkers argued that the world could be improved through
            1)         Religious intolerance and human reason.
            2)         Human reason, science, and religious toleration.
            3)         Faith, religion, and divine reason.
            4)         Human reason, science, and religious homogeny.
            5)         Pseudo-science and religious toleration.
Question 7       Politics, as defined in the text, is
            1)         Way too corrupt to attract any good men or women to run for office.
            2)         Impossible without government.
            3)         The study of "who gets what, when, and how."
            4)         The province of only the wealthy.
            5)         Irrelevant to the modern world.
Question 8       John Locke wrote Leviathan, in which he advocated for a strong central government.
            1)         True
            2)         False
Question 9       The key functions of American government are found in both the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution.
            1)         True
            2)         False
Question 10     According to a 2010 poll, over half of Americans believed that country is headed in the wrong direction.
            1)         True
            2)         False

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