The principle contribution of Plato and Aristotle to the discipline of Political Science

1. 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 • 1

2. 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 • 4

3. Periodic elections, limited duration of legislative sessions, and the separation of power were limits put on governmental power by • Rousseau • Locke • Burke • Hobbes • 2

4. The most important political thinker of the Romantic Era was • G.F. Hegel • Immanuel Kant • Jean J. Rousseau • John Madison • 3

5. The intellectual concept ‘state of nature is associated with which of the following? • Idealism • Marxism • Liberalism • Fascism • 3

6. 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 • 1

7. 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 • 3

8. 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 • 4

9. 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 • 2

10. The first major Christian thinker was • St. Thomas Aquinas • Aristotle • St. Just • St. Augustine

11. 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

12. Universal moral rules of obligation known by reason alone are often called • Natural rights • divine rights • natural laws • conventions • 3

13. Inner contentment and the supremacy of Natural Law are part of • Stoicism • Platonism • Socratic method • Augustinian thought • 1

14. 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

15. 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 • 1

16. On Liberty was authored by • Jeremy Bentham • J. S. Mill • James Mill • Herbert Spencer • 2

17. That economic relationships determine most aspects of human existence is central to • Fascism • Communism • National Socialism • Liberalism • 2

18. The principle of ‘the greatest happiness for the greatest number’ is part of • Common law • civil law • utilitarianism • natural law • 3

19. The most widely recognized philosopher of Conservatism is • Edmund Burke • G. Gentile • T. Hobbes • John Locke • 1

20. 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 • 2

21. 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 • 3

22. 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 • 2

23. Who of the following did not advocate independent state control from the church? • Dante • William of Ockham • Marsiglio of Padua • Gregory • 4

24. The general will was a concept of • Thomas Hobbes • Jean J. Rousseau • Montesquieu • Immanuel Kant • 2

25. 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

26. 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

27. Aristotle argued for a mixed regime in order to • Provide diversity • advance Athenian political influence • perpetuate the ideas of Plato • advance governmental stability • 4

28. 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

29. The author of Reflections on the Revolution in France was • Adam Smith • Edmund Burke • Thomas Paine • Johann Fichte • 2

30. Superman and the will to power were concepts introduced by • Georges Sorel • Friedrich Nietzsche • Benito Mussolini • Gustav Le Bon • 2