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Practice Quiz for Test 1 PS-1-25519-25520

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Practice Quiz for Test 1: PS-1-25519-25520
Practice Quiz for Test 1
Due Sep 16 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 30 Minutes
Points 10
Questions 10
Allowed Attempts 2
Available Sep 15 at 8am - Sep 16 at 11:59pm
Instructions
This 10-question quiz covers the Basic Terms and Concepts module and the Constitution module. You will have two attempts. Each
attempt has a 30 minute time limit. Your highest score will be recorded in the gradebook.
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Attempt 1
20 minutes
5 out of 10
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Score for this attempt: 5 out of 10
Submitted Sep 16 at 1:16pm
This attempt took 20 minutes.
Question 1
1 / 1 pts
Politics is a process that
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only occurs in an election year
only involves the interactions of politicians
shapes policy
is always logical and fact-based
Question 2
1 / 1 pts
The idea for the separation of governmental powers into three independent institutions was first
suggested by
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Charles Louis Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Incorrect
Question 3
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The purpose of the Madisonian plan for a separation of powers in the Federal government was to
assure that
the branches would maintain a strict hierarchical structure with the Executive at the top
that each branch would have the power to block the actions of another branch
power was shared among the three branches
the states remained separate from the Federal government
Incorrect
Question 4
0 / 1 pts
Which of the following characteristics is not part of the republican social contract?
the government is not a monarchy
the protection of citizens' individual freedom to choose how to live their own lives
the extension of equal rights of citizenship to all citizens regardless of their gender or race
the government operates according to the "general will"
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Question 5
0 / 1 pts
The governmental structure in which political authority resides in multiple governments below the
national level is called a
republic
unitary system
federal system
confederation
Question 6
1 / 1 pts
Madison thought that the ratification of the Constitution by a majority of citizens in a majority of states
would give the Constitution
legitimacy
precedent
unlimited power
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sovereignty
Incorrect
Question 7
0 / 1 pts
According to James Madison, factions are
never democratically elected nor receive broad public support
when the majority in a society use the government to serve only their own interests at the expense of
minorities in society
extremely rare in the history of human societies
small self-interested groups that use a government to serve their own interests at the expense of
everyone else
Incorrect
Question 8
0 / 1 pts
In order to ratify an amendment and then add it to the Constitution
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three-quarters of the state legislatures must approve
a simple majority of the American people must approve in a nationwide election
the U.S. Congress must approve with a simple majority vote
the President must sign it into law
Question 9
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A government that has no higher authority above it
always has legitimacy
all of these answers are correct
has sovereignty
is always a democracy
has the power to do whatever it wants
Question 10
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John Locke argued that citizens had to right change government under what circumstances?
when the government did not allow the people to vote
when the economy was bad and the people were less well-off
when the government did not protect their lives, liberty, and property
when some of the people just hated the government
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