Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau

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Quiz sobre Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, criado por Jace Riley em 25-10-2014.
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Questão 1

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Hobbes - The Second law of nature requires that
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  • Natural inequalities among men be preserved by class distinctions
  • All men give up the same rights as all others
  • Slavery be forced upon those who violate the other laws
  • An arbiter not be biased

Questão 2

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According to Hobbes the main difference between a belief in one God as opposed to many gods is that
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  • The belief in one God comes from a scientific search for a First Cause, while belief in many gods comes from fear of the future.
  • Only a belief in many gods is based on truth and not an attempt to control others
  • The belief in many gods comes from a scientific search for a First Cause, while belief in God comes from fear of the future
  • Only a belief in God claims any supernatural or divine involvement with humans

Questão 3

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According to Hobbes, the origin of religion is
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  • Simple manipulation by tricky people
  • God simply gave men religion as a gift
  • Anxiety of things to come and a desire to protect oneself from bad things happening
  • Recognition of seasonal changes without a good explanation for why it happens

Questão 4

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According to Hobbes, liberty is
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  • Absence of opposition
  • only available in the Commonwealth
  • available to all subjects
  • for weaklings

Questão 5

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According to Hobbes, a Free-Man is
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  • one that is not hindered from doing what he wills and has the strength and wit to do
  • a subject of the true and living king
  • one that has escaped the state of nature
  • one that has escaped from slavery

Questão 6

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Hobbes argues that liberty and necessity can function at the same time
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  • True
  • False

Questão 7

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Hobbes argues that the commonwealth
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  • must limit the power of the sovereign
  • should always be governed by majority rule
  • is one artificial person
  • must encourage diversity

Questão 8

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According to Hobbes, the sovereign can command the death of a subject, but not that the subject yield his right of self preservation
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  • True
  • False

Questão 9

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According to Hobbes, covenants without sufficient force to support them are useless
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  • True
  • False

Questão 10

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The different types of commonwealth by institution include all of the following except,
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  • monarchy
  • aristocracy
  • anarchy
  • democracy

Questão 11

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According to Hobbes, the power of the sovereign is different depending on whether he acquired power through acquisition or institution
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  • True
  • False

Questão 12

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According to Hobbes no one has the right to criticize the actions of a sovereign, since each subject is the author of those actions
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  • True
  • False

Questão 13

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According to Hobbes, the sovereign should be under the contract, and therefore may be removed easily from power
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  • True
  • False

Questão 14

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According to Hobbes, property exists in the state of nature
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  • True
  • False

Questão 15

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The right of nature
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  • Allows all men liberty to use his own power as he will, and to protect his life and the means of improving his life
  • Prevents men from being happy
  • prevents any man from harming another
  • allows all men privacy

Questão 16

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Hobbes - Command and council differ
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  • counsel is offered with the interests of the hearer in mind
  • counsel is offered by one with authority
  • counsel is offered with the interests of the speaker in mind
  • counsel must be obeyed

Questão 17

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According to Hobbes, the sovereign can legitimately command someone to commit suicide
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  • True
  • False

Questão 18

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Groups formed by the authority of the sovereign are known as
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  • Political bodies
  • writts
  • private parties
  • limited systems

Questão 19

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According to Hobbes, it is better to have counselors meet all together than to hear their counsel individually
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  • True
  • False

Questão 20

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According to Hobbes, every crime is a sin, but not every sin is a crime
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  • True
  • False

Questão 21

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According to Hobbes, fear is most likely to deter someone from committing a crime, but people may also commit crimes due to fear
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  • True
  • False

Questão 22

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According to Hobbes, it is sometimes acceptable to protest the decrees of political bodies, but not the decrees of the sovereign
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  • True
  • False

Questão 23

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According to Hobbes, property
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  • is a creation of the commonwealth and determined by the sovereign
  • exists in the state of nature
  • should always be determined by force
  • is an innate and inalienable right

Questão 24

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Hobbes argues that political factions are necessary for a good government
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  • True
  • False

Questão 25

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Hobbes refers to commerce as
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  • Circulation
  • theft
  • sinews
  • nutrition

Questão 26

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Who, according to Locke, has the right of reparation
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  • the victim of the transgression
  • the sovereign
  • everyone
  • no one
  • the transgressor

Questão 27

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Locke argues that, in the state of nature, all have the right to punish someone who transgresses natural law
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  • True
  • False

Questão 28

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According to Locke, slavery is justified in the state of war
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  • True
  • False

Questão 29

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According to Locke, there are no covenants outside the commonwealth
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  • True
  • False

Questão 30

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What is the limit on the natural right to property, according to Locke?
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  • The sovereign's will
  • you cannot justly let things spoil in your possession
  • all private property is theft, all things should stay in common
  • there is no limit

Questão 31

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Locke argues we may never lawfully harm another person
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  • True
  • False

Questão 32

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Locke says that humans are all equal because
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  • We all can kill each other
  • we all think we are smarter than everyone else
  • we are all unworthy of God's love
  • We are all creations and servants of God

Questão 33

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According to Locke, natural law is derived from
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  • hatred
  • physics
  • pythagorean theorem
  • reason

Questão 34

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Locke argues that all private property can be traced to the inheritance of the oldest sons of Adam down to the present day
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  • True
  • False

Questão 35

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Locke argues that liberty is equal to license, that is not being bound by any law
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  • True
  • False

Questão 36

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Which is the determining rule in a commonwealth, according to Locke
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  • The philosopher king knows best
  • majority rule
  • patriarchy: father knows best
  • might makes right

Questão 37

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What is not needed i na commonwealth according to Locke?
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  • A sovereign with arbitrary power over all property on a given territory
  • an established, disinterested (that is, not having a material stake in the outcome of controversy) judicature
  • an agreement of all members to give up their natural executive power to the sovereign, except for the immediate self-preservation
  • a known (published) law

Questão 38

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According to Locke, the first society was
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  • church
  • master-servant, emerging from the state of war
  • commonwealth
  • family

Questão 39

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The main difference between Hobbes' social contract and Locke's social contract is that
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  • Hobbes' contract includes all members, including the sovereign
  • Locke's contract includes all members, including the sovereign
  • Locke's contract requires all men to allow the commonwealth to employ their individual force, while Hobbes' doesnt
  • Hobbes' contract requires all men to allow the commonwealth to employ their individual force, while Locke's doesnt

Questão 40

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According to Locke, which is not part of freedom
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  • liberty of every one to do whatever he feels like
  • not being subject to the arbitrary will of another
  • use of reason
  • responsibility to act under the law

Questão 41

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According to Locke, the power parents have over children
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  • is the same as political power
  • arises from their duty to teach them reason
  • is vested only in the father, thus it is paternal power
  • lasts all their lives

Questão 42

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According to Locke, the requirement to join a particular commonwealth is most closely linked to
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  • paternal power: a child must remain in the same commonwealth as the father
  • the land the person claims as his own
  • the mother's membership
  • there are no such requirements: anyone can live anywhere and belong to any commonwealth

Questão 43

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According to Locke, who is not part of civil society
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  • slaves
  • wives
  • servants
  • children

Questão 44

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According to Locke, the basic requirement for the exercise of freedom is
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  • reason
  • caprice
  • cowardice
  • rebellion

Questão 45

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Paternal power
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  • gives the father absolute, arbitrary control over the child
  • is granted for life to him who begat the child
  • is granted for as long as the child is in his care, until the child reaches the ability to reason
  • can never be held by a woman

Questão 46

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Unlike Hobbes, Locke argues that a promise made under threat of violence is not binding
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  • True
  • False

Questão 47

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Locke alls the power to engage the forces of one commonwealth in relation with another, for example entering alliances
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  • permissive power
  • executive power
  • federative power
  • judicial power

Questão 48

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The exercise of power which another has a right to is
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  • democracy
  • aristocracy
  • monarchy
  • usurpation

Questão 49

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"Power in the hands of the prince to provide for the public good in such cases which, depending upon unforeseen and uncertain occurrences, certain and unalterable laws could not safely direct" is called
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  • Salus Populi
  • Prerogative
  • Tyranny
  • Common law

Questão 50

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According to Locke, the supreme form of political power is
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  • judicial
  • executive
  • legislative
  • permissive

Questão 51

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Rousseau argues that human nature can change depending on the conditions he is in
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  • True
  • False

Questão 52

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Rousseau's "noble savage" in the state of nature lives for the benefit of his family
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  • True
  • False

Questão 53

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According to Rousseau, the idea that leads men into civil society is
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  • property
  • danger from outsiders
  • self-defense
  • family

Questão 54

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According to Rousseau, the first type of society for humans was the
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  • religious community
  • master-slave relationship
  • polis
  • family

Questão 55

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One of the key traits that keep humans in the state of nature from harming each other, according to Rousseau, is
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  • diffidence
  • pity
  • reason
  • competition

Questão 56

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The goal that led to much corruption with the early groups of people was
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  • love
  • acceptance
  • pity
  • public esteem

Questão 57

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The two arts that produced a huge revolution in early societies were
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  • writing and linguistics
  • science and painting
  • agriculture and metallurgy
  • religion and dance

Questão 58

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Who benefitted most from the institution of the first social contracts?
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  • the rich
  • the poor
  • the intelligent
  • the weak

Questão 59

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What is the nature of Rousseau's social contract as sketched in the Discourse
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  • All agree to form a monarchy, but bind the sovereign power
  • the sovereign simply conquers the subjects, and agrees not to kill them as long as they are obedient
  • all but the sovereign (or Magistrate) agree to give rights to the sovereign, but the sovereign does not enter into the agreement
  • the populace agrees to obey, while the magistrate agrees to use his/their powers only in accordance with the intention of the constituenths

Questão 60

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What is the basis for inequality, according to Rousseau
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  • natural differences in intelligence
  • natural differences in physical attributes
  • property
  • luck

Questão 61

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Rousseau argues that no man justly can give up liberty
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  • True
  • False

Questão 62

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Rousseau argues that the right of war does not justify slavery
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  • True
  • False

Questão 63

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Rousseau argues that social order is the basis of all other rights
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  • True
  • False

Questão 64

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According to Rousseau, the only natural society is the
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  • city
  • commonwealth
  • family
  • state

Questão 65

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According to Rousseau, the best legislator would be someone outside the commonwealth, although the laws would still have to be accepted by the sovereign
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  • True
  • False

Questão 66

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Rousseau argues that the notion of "might makes right" legitimizes rebellion
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  • True
  • False

Questão 67

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According to Rousseau, competition among factions is good for the society, as it creates political liberalism
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  • True
  • False

Questão 68

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Like Hobbes, Rousseau argues that all individuals give all their rights to the sovereign, who is not under any obligations because he/they does/do not enter into the contract
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  • True
  • False

Questão 69

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Rousseau argues that all citizens on an enemy state legitimately can be killed at any time
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  • True
  • False

Questão 70

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Rousseau argues that Hobbes' view of politics reduces men to so many herds of cattle to be devoured by the leader
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  • True
  • False

Questão 71

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Rousseau argues that the larger the state, the less liberty individuals have
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  • True
  • False

Questão 72

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The most vigorous government, according to Rousseau, is
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  • democracy
  • oligarchy
  • monarchy
  • aristocracy

Questão 73

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Rousseau argues that democracy is always the best form of government
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  • True
  • False

Questão 74

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Rousseau indicates that the government will never act in opposition to the sovereign
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  • True
  • False

Questão 75

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Rousseau states that elective aristocracies are better than hereditary aristocracies
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  • True
  • False

Questão 76

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According to Rousseau the mark of a good government is that
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  • it has many artists
  • it has peace
  • its citizens increase and multiply
  • it conquers its neighbors

Questão 77

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The three wills that compete for a magistrate's acceptance include the following except
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  • general will of the individual
  • collective will of the magistrates
  • private will of the individual
  • general will of the sovereign

Questão 78

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Rousseau argues that __________________ is the best form of government for very large states
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  • Tyranny
  • Democracy
  • Aristocracy
  • monarchy

Questão 79

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Which term encompasses all others, for Rousseau?
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  • Governor
  • Magistrate
  • King
  • Prince

Questão 80

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Rousseau argues that the sovereign must have regular, scheduled meetings in which it reexamines its commitment of the executive power to a particular form of government and to the particular members of the government
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  • True
  • False

Questão 81

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Which was not a requirement mentioned by Rousseau for the legitimate assembly of comitia?
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  • the assembly had to be held on a day permitted by law
  • the magistrate calling the assembly had to have the proper authority
  • the auguries had to be favorable
  • the agenda had to be published beforehand

Questão 82

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When voting on issues, which question does Rousseau want citizens to answer
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  • Is the proposal advantageous to me?
  • Is this proposal harmful to our enemies
  • Is this proposal advantageous to the majority of citizens
  • Is this proposal advantageous to the state

Questão 83

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When the general will is strongest, the commonwealth needs few laws
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  • True
  • False

Questão 84

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Rousseau argued that the general will is harmed by factions
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  • True
  • False

Questão 85

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The two considerations for determining how much of a majority is needed to pass
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  • number of citizens and geographic size of the state
  • importance of the issue and need for a speedy decision
  • none: it always requires just over 50% of votes cast
  • The right to speak on the issue and the number of citizens

Questão 86

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Rousseau opposes all censorship
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  • True
  • False

Questão 87

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Rousseau argued that all laws need to be passed by unanimous consent
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  • True
  • False

Questão 88

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Rousseau argued that once the commonwealth is established, residence is typically understood as consent to the social contract
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  • True
  • False

Questão 89

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According to Rousseau, dictators should occasionally be elected, but only for very brief terms
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  • True
  • False

Questão 90

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According to Rousseau, selection of government official in a democracy is best done by
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  • Examination
  • Trial by fire
  • Lot
  • Election

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