POLI330 Political Science
Week 2 Quiz
Question 1 Which author focused on how to “arrange” society in a methodological way?
Karl Marx
Francis Bacon
Plato
B. F. Skinner
John Locke
Question 2 What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?
Proletariat upheaval
The beginning of revolution in the form of armed conflict
The emergence of a technologically-driven society
The end of social inequality
New models for human behavior
Question 3 Whose work is considered to offer a dystopian vision of society?
Plato
Francis Bacon
Karl Marx
B. F. Skinner
George Orwell
Question 4 Which country has the modern world’s first, and oldest, constitutional democracy?
The United States
France
Russia
Israel
Britain
Question 5 Which of the following best represents the ideas of John Locke?
Meaningful freedom could not exist without written laws.
The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms.
Government must be free to function without restrictions.
The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law.
Reason is always influenced by passion.
Question 6 Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?
The majority always gets its way.
Government should be responsive, limited, and effective.
Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect.
There should be a popularly elected head of state.
The majority is never morally correct.
Question 7 What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?
Tyranny of the majority
Parliamentary
Bicameral
Cosmopolitan Democracy
Unicameral
Question 8 In the Western tradition, what does the broad meaning of “justice” involve?
Questions of proper punishment for violations of the law
Questions of who should be elected
Questions of distribution
Questions of power
Questions of protection
Question 9 In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
Thomas Hobbes
Alexis de Tocqueville
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Question 10 Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
It would be impossible to continue a perfect society.
Outside influences would destroy it from within.
Citizens could not resist the urge to make it more perfect.
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing.
Perfection cannot remain balanced indefinitely, and most likely could not correct itself.
POLI330 Political Science
Week 2 Quiz
Question 1 Which author focused on how to “arrange” society in a methodological way?
Karl Marx
Francis Bacon
Plato
B. F. Skinner
John Locke
Question 2 What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?
Proletariat upheaval
The beginning of revolution in the form of armed conflict
The emergence of a technologically-driven society
The end of social inequality
New models for human behavior
Question 3 Whose work is considered to offer a dystopian vision of society?
Plato
Francis Bacon
Karl Marx
B. F. Skinner
George Orwell
Question 4 Which country has the modern world’s first, and oldest, constitutional democracy?
The United States
France
Russia
Israel
Britain
Question 5 Which of the following best represents the ideas of John Locke?
Meaningful freedom could not exist without written laws.
The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms.
Government must be free to function without restrictions.
The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law.
Reason is always influenced by passion.
Question 6 Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?
The majority always gets its way.
Government should be responsive, limited, and effective.
Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect.
There should be a popularly elected head of state.
The majority is never morally correct.
Question 7 What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?
Tyranny of the majority
Parliamentary
Bicameral
Cosmopolitan Democracy
Unicameral
Question 8 In the Western tradition, what does the broad meaning of “justice” involve?
Questions of proper punishment for violations of the law
Questions of who should be elected
Questions of distribution
Questions of power
Questions of protection
Question 9 In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
Thomas Hobbes
Alexis de Tocqueville
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Question 10 Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
It would be impossible to continue a perfect society.
Outside influences would destroy it from within.
Citizens could not resist the urge to make it more perfect.
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing.
Perfection cannot remain balanced indefinitely, and most likely could not correct itself.
POLI330 Political Science
Week 2 Quiz
Question 1 Which author focused on how to “arrange” society in a methodological way?
Karl Marx
Francis Bacon
Plato
B. F. Skinner
John Locke
Question 2 What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?
Proletariat upheaval
The beginning of revolution in the form of armed conflict
The emergence of a technologically-driven society
The end of social inequality
New models for human behavior
Question 3 Whose work is considered to offer a dystopian vision of society?
Plato
Francis Bacon
Karl Marx
B. F. Skinner
George Orwell
Question 4 Which country has the modern world’s first, and oldest, constitutional democracy?
The United States
France
Russia
Israel
Britain
Question 5 Which of the following best represents the ideas of John Locke?
Meaningful freedom could not exist without written laws.
The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms.
Government must be free to function without restrictions.
The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law.
Reason is always influenced by passion.
Question 6 Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?
The majority always gets its way.
Government should be responsive, limited, and effective.
Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect.
There should be a popularly elected head of state.
The majority is never morally correct.
Question 7 What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?
Tyranny of the majority
Parliamentary
Bicameral
Cosmopolitan Democracy
Unicameral
Question 8 In the Western tradition, what does the broad meaning of “justice” involve?
Questions of proper punishment for violations of the law
Questions of who should be elected
Questions of distribution
Questions of power
Questions of protection
Question 9 In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
Thomas Hobbes
Alexis de Tocqueville
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Question 10 Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
It would be impossible to continue a perfect society.
Outside influences would destroy it from within.
Citizens could not resist the urge to make it more perfect.
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing.
Perfection cannot remain balanced indefinitely, and most likely could not correct itself.
POLI330 Political Science
Week 2 Quiz
Question 1 Which author focused on how to “arrange” society in a methodological way?
Karl Marx
Francis Bacon
Plato
B. F. Skinner
John Locke
Question 2 What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?
Proletariat upheaval
The beginning of revolution in the form of armed conflict
The emergence of a technologically-driven society
The end of social inequality
New models for human behavior
Question 3 Whose work is considered to offer a dystopian vision of society?
Plato
Francis Bacon
Karl Marx
B. F. Skinner
George Orwell
Question 4 Which country has the modern world’s first, and oldest, constitutional democracy?
The United States
France
Russia
Israel
Britain
Question 5 Which of the following best represents the ideas of John Locke?
Meaningful freedom could not exist without written laws.
The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms.
Government must be free to function without restrictions.
The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law.
Reason is always influenced by passion.
Question 6 Which of the following is an idea inherent in a constitutional democracy?
The majority always gets its way.
Government should be responsive, limited, and effective.
Ineffective government is an unavoidable side-effect.
There should be a popularly elected head of state.
The majority is never morally correct.
Question 7 What was the legislative body of the United States was designed to be?
Tyranny of the majority
Parliamentary
Bicameral
Cosmopolitan Democracy
Unicameral
Question 8 In the Western tradition, what does the broad meaning of “justice” involve?
Questions of proper punishment for violations of the law
Questions of who should be elected
Questions of distribution
Questions of power
Questions of protection
Question 9 In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
Thomas Hobbes
Alexis de Tocqueville
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Question 10 Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
It would be impossible to continue a perfect society.
Outside influences would destroy it from within.
Citizens could not resist the urge to make it more perfect.
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing.
Perfection cannot remain balanced indefinitely, and most likely could not correct itself.
