Chapter 1: The Political Landscape
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Multiple Choice Questions
1) The Preamble to the Constitution begins
A) "We the People . . ."
B) "Four score and seven years ago . . ."
C) "When in the course of human events . . ."
D) "In order to form a more perfect Union . . .”
E) "These are the times that try men's souls . . .”
Answer: A
Reference: LO 1.1, pgs. 4-7
Skill: Understanding
2) Which of the following did NOT lead to American settlement in the seventeenth century?
A) Questioning the divine right of kings
B) The split from the Church of England
C) Belief in self-government
D) Belief in intelligent design
E) Hobbes and Locke’s social contract theories
,Answer: D
Reference: LO 1.1, pgs. 4-7
Skill: Understanding
3) A social contract theory of government was proposed by
A) Plato and Aristotle.
B) Aquinas and Luther.
C) Newton and the separatists.
D) Locke and Hobbes.
E) Plato and Luther.
Answer: D
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Learning Level: Understanding
4) Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government sets out a theory of
A) the divine rights of kings.
B) aristocracy.
C) democracy.
D) republicanism.
E) natural rights.
,Answer: E
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
5) Indirect democracy is based on
A) consensus.
B) unanimity.
C) the system of government used in ancient Greece.
D) representation.
E) "mob rule."
Answer: D
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
6) Republics are
A) representative democracies.
B) direct democracies.
C) a hallmark of unitary governments.
D) frequently found in totalitarian regimes.
E) another name for states.
Answer: A
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
, 7) In an oligarchy, rule is by
A) the many.
B) the few.
C) one person.
D) all people.
E) people who own property.
Answer: B
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
8) A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are part of
nature and can be understood by reason is called
A) ethical law.
B) contract law.
C) natural law.
D) Newton's law.
E) constitutional law.
Answer: C
Reference: LO 1.3, pgs. 11-13
Skill: Understanding
9) Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
A) George Washington
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Multiple Choice Questions
1) The Preamble to the Constitution begins
A) "We the People . . ."
B) "Four score and seven years ago . . ."
C) "When in the course of human events . . ."
D) "In order to form a more perfect Union . . .”
E) "These are the times that try men's souls . . .”
Answer: A
Reference: LO 1.1, pgs. 4-7
Skill: Understanding
2) Which of the following did NOT lead to American settlement in the seventeenth century?
A) Questioning the divine right of kings
B) The split from the Church of England
C) Belief in self-government
D) Belief in intelligent design
E) Hobbes and Locke’s social contract theories
,Answer: D
Reference: LO 1.1, pgs. 4-7
Skill: Understanding
3) A social contract theory of government was proposed by
A) Plato and Aristotle.
B) Aquinas and Luther.
C) Newton and the separatists.
D) Locke and Hobbes.
E) Plato and Luther.
Answer: D
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Learning Level: Understanding
4) Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government sets out a theory of
A) the divine rights of kings.
B) aristocracy.
C) democracy.
D) republicanism.
E) natural rights.
,Answer: E
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
5) Indirect democracy is based on
A) consensus.
B) unanimity.
C) the system of government used in ancient Greece.
D) representation.
E) "mob rule."
Answer: D
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
6) Republics are
A) representative democracies.
B) direct democracies.
C) a hallmark of unitary governments.
D) frequently found in totalitarian regimes.
E) another name for states.
Answer: A
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
, 7) In an oligarchy, rule is by
A) the many.
B) the few.
C) one person.
D) all people.
E) people who own property.
Answer: B
Reference: LO 1.2, pgs. 7-11
Skill: Understanding
8) A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are part of
nature and can be understood by reason is called
A) ethical law.
B) contract law.
C) natural law.
D) Newton's law.
E) constitutional law.
Answer: C
Reference: LO 1.3, pgs. 11-13
Skill: Understanding
9) Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
A) George Washington
