Temple College
GOVT 2301
Fall, 2000
NAME: Jason Nolen
638-01-2037
MAKE-UP EXAM #1
PART I. SHORT ANSWER 1. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. List and discuss the five characteristics of public policy. Define public policy
based on these characteristics.
2. Discuss the five stages of the policy-making process. Outline activities
involved in each stage.
PART II. SHORT ANSWER 2. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. Discuss the meaning of democracy, focusing on ideals favored in the United
States.
2. Explain the paradox of democracy. How does the U.S. Constitution address
the paradox of democracy?
PART III. SHORT ANSWER 3. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. Identify and explain the five legacies of the Age of Enlightenment. Discuss
how each is a direct challenge to classical conservative doctrines and beliefs.
How does each relate to the development of American political ideals and
institutions?
2. Outline and explain the three “new” principles of government embraced by the
Declaration of Independence. Identify the purpose(s) of the Declaration [what
it does and does not do]. Briefly discuss some of the problems experienced
by the United States in the early national period [before the ratification of the
Constitution] as a result of establishing a political system based on the
principles of the Declaration.
PART IV. SHORT ANSWER 4. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. Construct a two-dimensional, four-fold classification depicting the various
strands of American political thought based on the original and modern
dilemmas of government. You should actually draw and label the continuums
in addition to discussing each of the four strands. Are the attitudes of each
strand toward the role of government completely consistent? Explain.
Provide examples to illustrate your points.
2. Discuss the fundamental assumptions of classical liberalism. Identify and
explain liberalism’s assumptions concerning the purposes and scope of
governmental power. In your discussion, describe how liberalism’s
assumptions about the purposes of government are based on its assumptions
regarding human nature and society. Finally, explain why liberalism occupies
the “narrow middle” of the continuum of the scope of governmental power.
PART V. IDENTIFICATION. Define and identify the importance of ten (10)
of the following items in a sentence or two for each. 20 points/2 pts. each. Your
answer should be written to demonstrate your familiarity with and understanding of both
terms or concepts in each pair. These items can generally be answered in two or three
sentences. Students should go beyond simple definitions of the terms or concepts to
say why each is important and why the two are juxtaposed. Here is an example:
[example] Article I, sec. 8:18 v 10th Amendment – Article I, sec 8:18 implies that the
national government has powers beyond those that are expressly delegated in the
Constitution while the 10th Amendment reserves for the states any powers not delegated
by the Constitution to the national government. These provisions reflect the competing
political philosophies of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists respectively;
consequently, the question of the balance of constitutional powers between the two
levels of government must be resolved by judicial interpretation.

politics v government

legitimacy v coercion
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civil disobedience v habit of compliance
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authoritative government v authoritarian government
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political ideology v political culture

the original dilemma of government v the modern dilemma of government

populism v libertarianism
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progressivism v conservatism
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totalitarianism v anarchism
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deism v catholicism
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republican government v monarchy

atomistic v organic concept of society

mercantilism v capitalism
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Declaration of Independence v the Constitution