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Politics: An Introduction, Second Edition: Chapter 2

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the “Submit my answers” button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) accepted
b) specialized
c) theoretical
d) recognized
e) simple

Question 2:


a) world government
b) corporation
c) division of American government
d) institution
e) non-governmental organization

Question 3:


a) economic
b) institutional
c) financial
d) non-governmental
e) political

Question 4:


a) power
b) coercion
c) wealth
d) legitimacy
e) sovereignty

Question 5:


a) military
b) economic
c) ideological
d) diplomatic
e) legal

Question 6:


a) “Leviathan”
b) “The Spirit of the Laws”
c) “The Republic”
d) “Politics”
e) “Reflections on the French Revolution”

Question 7:


a) candy
b) carrots
c) pucks
d) money
e) tricks

Question 8:


a) ideological
b) economic
c) operative
d) authoritative
e) agency

Question 9:


a) Kim Jong-il
b) Kim Il-Sung
c) Kim Yong-Nam
d) Kim Yong-il
e) Kim Jong-un

Question 10:


a) Steven Lukes
b) Montesquieu
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Max Weber
e) John Rawls

Question 11:


a) political
b) social
c) economic
d) legislative
e) regional

Question 12:


a) LIbertarian
b) free market
c) free will
d) humanist
e) suffragette

Question 13:


a) Rome
b) Mesopotamia
c) Athens
d) Sparta
e) Sicily

Question 14:


a) given up
b) granted to foreigners
c) applied to minors
d) defined in law
e) guaranteed to all

Question 15:


a) for citizens
b) on stilts
c) above the clouds
d) underground
e) legislation

Question 16:


a) from government interference
b) to vote
c) to achieve one’s potential
d) of economic progress
e) of participation in society

Question 17:


a) the United States
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) the United Kingdom
e) New Zealand

Question 18:


a) community
b) government
c) courts
d) state
e) individual

Question 19:


a) are essentially co-operative in nature
b) inherited the earth from God
c) need society to survive
d) have no higher power
e) have different qualities and strengths

Question 20:


a) influence and diplomatic power
b) influence and economic power
c) economic and cultural power
d) economic and diplomatic power
e) military and economic power

Question 21:


a) True
b) False

Question 22:


a) True
b) False

Question 23:


a) True
b) False

Question 24:


a) True
b) False

Question 25:


a) True
b) False

Question 26:


a) True
b) False

Question 27:


a) True
b) False

Question 28:


a) True
b) False

Question 29:


a) True
b) False

Question 30:


a) True
b) False

Question 31:


a) True
b) False

Question 32:


a) True
b) False

Question 33:


a) True
b) False

Question 34:


a) True
b) False

Question 35:


a) True
b) False