The principle contribution of
Plato and Aristotle to the
discipline of Political
Science

Was in the area of normative theory
 was essentially in the field of public law
 was in their belief in democratic
government
 was in the area of power politics
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According to Aristotle

Political science should be an exact and
precise science
 mathematical theorems should govern
political inquiries
 politics is beyond rational study
 politics is not an exact theoretical science
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Periodic elections, limited
duration of legislative
sessions, and the
separation of power were
limits put on governmental
power by

Rousseau
 Locke
 Burke
 Hobbes
The most important political
thinker of the Romantic Era
was

G.F. Hegel
 Immanuel Kant
 Jean J. Rousseau
 John Madison
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3
The intellectual concept
‘state of nature is
associated with which of the
following?

Idealism
 Marxism
 Liberalism
 Fascism
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3
The doctrine of the ‘golden
mean’

Was espoused by Aristotle
 was the ethical basis for the Sophists
 was part of Cicero’s legal dogma
 was a major Socratic premise
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The doctrine of original sin

Was propounded by St. Ambrose
 was part of the theology of St. Gregory
 was the key element in the thought of St.
Augustine
 was Luther’s complaint against the Roman
Church
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3
When Karl Marx wrote his
blueprint for a better
society, he was influenced
greatly

By the condition of the urban proletariat
 by the philosophy of Hegel
 by economic matters
 all of the above
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Which of the following is
not correct?
Plato’s ideal form of government was
elitist
 Plato’s best possible form of government
was a polity
 Plato did not care for democratic rule
 Plato believed that only a special few
should have political power

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The first major Christian
thinker was

St. Thomas Aquinas
 Aristotle
 St. Just
 St. Augustine
The Enlightenment period

Was an era of reason and progress
 made no lasting contribution to political
thought
 stresses feeling over rationality
 claimed Rousseau as its leading thinker

1
Universal moral rules of
obligation known by reason
alone are often called

Natural rights
 divine rights
 natural laws
 conventions

3
Inner contentment and the
supremacy of Natural Law
are part of

Stoicism
 Platonism
 Socratic method
 Augustinian thought

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The combining of
evolutionary biology with
the laissez faire state is
found in the theory of

James Mill
 Herbert Spencer
 T.H. Greene
 Jeremy Bentham

2
Imperialism as the final
stage of capitalism was
Lenin’s addition to Marxism
 part of classical Marxism
 a premise of fascist theory
 a socialist premise


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On Liberty was authored by

Jeremy Bentham
 J. S. Mill
 James Mill
 Herbert Spencer

2
That economic relationships
determine most aspects of
human existence is central
to

Fascism
 Communism
 National Socialism
 Liberalism

2
The principle of ‘the
greatest happiness for the
greatest number’ is part of

Common law
 civil law
 utilitarianism
 natural law

3
The most widely recognized
philosopher of
Conservatism is

Edmund Burke
 G. Gentile
 T. Hobbes
 John Locke

1
The importance of
Machiavelli in political
science lies in the fact that
he

Is the author of the social contract theory
 separated politics from religion in his
commentaries
 supported the divine right of kings
 was the first democratic thinker in western
political thought
The statement ‘truth is in
words not in things’

Is a rationalistic argument
 was uttered by Descartes
 reflects the view of nominalism
 was St. Augustine’s theological premise
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Which of the following is
not correct regarding the
core values of liberalism?

The political core includes popular
sovereignty
 capitalism is the only logical economic
system
 the moral core includes values derived
from antiquity
 the political core includes consent and
constitutionalism
Who of the following did not
advocate independent state
control from the church?

Dante
 William of Ockham
 Marsiglio of Padua
 Gregory

4
The general will was a
concept of

Thomas Hobbes
 Jean J. Rousseau
 Montesquieu
 Immanuel Kant

2
Transcendental thinkers
such as Emerson and
Thoreau





Contributed to the 19th Century
understanding of American community
supported Luther’s view of church-state
relations
had no influence on the political thought
of their generation, but influenced 20th
century thought
believed in the primacy of individual
conscience
4
According to both St.
Augustine and John Locke,
the core function of
government

Is to extend the voting franchise
 is education
 should be fragmented, divided and subject
to checks and balances
 is public safety

4
Aristotle argued for a mixed
regime in order to

Provide diversity
 advance Athenian political influence
 perpetuate the ideas of Plato
 advance governmental stability

4
A concern with moral law
and the autonomy of will
would best describe

The writings of Immanuel Kant
 the writings of John Locke
 the writings of Condorcet
 the writings of Thomas Paine

1
The author of Reflections on
the Revolution in France
was

Adam Smith
 Edmund Burke
 Thomas Paine
 Johann Fichte

2
Superman and the will to
power were concepts
introduced by

Georges Sorel
 Friedrich Nietzsche
 Benito Mussolini
 Gustav Le Bon

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