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1
What is the form of the ideal state, according to Plato?
A)It is an absolute monarchy run by the most powerful for his or her own sake.
B)It is a direct, participatory democracy in which every citizen has an equal share in ruling.
C)It is an aristocracy ruled by an elite group of intellectually superior individuals.
D)Plato did not think that there is any single form that the ideal state must take.
2
What is the form of the ideal state for Aristotle?
A)It is an absolute monarchy run by the most powerful for his or her own sake.
B)It is a direct, participatory democracy in which every citizen has an equal share in ruling.
C)It is an aristocracy ruled by an elite group of intellectually superior individuals.
D)Another trick question! Aristotle didn't think there is any single form that the ideal state must take.
3
What is not true of the natural law, for St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas?
A)When there is a conflict between it and human law, human law takes precedence.
B)It is the eternal moral law of God made manifest to human conscience and reason.
C)It is the same for all people everywhere.
D)It is the standard by means of which the justice of human laws is measured.
4
What is not true of the contract that gives rise to the state, according to Thomas Hobbes?
A)It is a mutual agreement between the people, not between the people on the one hand and the state (Leviathon) on the other.
B)Each person transfers to the state all of his or her powers and all of his or her natural rights of self-defense.
C)It gives citizens a right to revolt if the state acts unjustly towards them.
D)It establishes an absolute authority with the power to force people to abide by their agreements.
5
Which best describes Locke's governmental contract?
A)The people collectively give up their natural rights to a single sovereign power who is not a party to the agreement.
B)The people delegate or entrust their natural rights to a divided government, retaining the right to revolt if the government violates its trust.
C)The people collectively agree to let the most intelligent among them, the philosophers, rule them.
D)When will you tire of these trick questions? Locke wasn't a contract theorist.
6
What is true, moral freedom, according to the later Rousseau?
A)Obedience to the will of all.
B)Obedience to the general will.
C)Obedience to the will of God.
D)Doing whatever you want to do without interference from others.
7
In which of the following was the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional established?
A)The Declaration of Independence
B)The original Constitution
C)The Bill of Rights
D)Marbury v. Madison
8
Which did Harriet Taylor support?
A)The toleration of nonconformist thought and lifestyles.
B)The belief that virtually all differences between men and women are natural.
C)The view that social and political reform concerning women should be limited to giving them the vote.
D)The view that consequences don't matter when it comes to determining the rightness or wrongness of our acts, rules, or institutions.
9
John Stuart Mill believed that
A)one has God-given natural rights.
B)one should seek personal happiness.
C)one should seek general happiness.
D)one should seek happiness for others.
10
Karl Marx viewed history as the struggle between two classes. What are they?
A)A dominant class consisting of men and a subordinate class consisting of women and children.
B)A dominant class that owns and controls the means of production and a subordinate class that doesn't.
C)A dominate class of white Europeans and a subordinate class of nonwhite non-Europeans.
D)A dominant class of the priesthood and a subordinate class of the laity.







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