This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Thought > Classical > Political Thought – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Thought Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following quote represents the ideas of what philosopher? "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." A) Charles Montesquieu. B) John Locke. C) Thomas Hobbes. D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Hobbes. 2. The revolutionaries wanted A) A revolution and a new government. B) A revolution and chaos. C) A revolution and a new nation where citizens enjoy equal rights. D) To blow up palaces!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A revolution and a new nation where citizens enjoy equal rights. 3. After the Fall of Rome, what events led to the rise of feudalism? A) Development of farming. B) Expansion of freedoms. C) Rise in prosperity. D) Increase in attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase in attacks. 4. Baron Charles-Luis Montesquieu is famous for which idea? A) Absolute monarchy. B) Natural Rights. C) Social Contract. D) Separation of Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separation of Powers. 5. What were the main objectives of the Katipunan, founded by Andres Bonifacio? A) Economic reforms and trade agreements. B) Social equality and independence from Spanish rule. C) Religious freedom and cultural preservation. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social equality and independence from Spanish rule. 6. Scottish economist, philosopher, and writer who wroteAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). He is known for his ideas on free trade, meaning countries and people can trade with whomever they desire because no one would agree to trade if it were not reasonable. Therefore, putting trading power in the hands of the people and not the government, churches, etc. A) Arthur Shelby. B) Adam Smith. C) Thomas Shelby. D) Alfie Solomons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adam Smith. 7. According to Aristotle, what is the highest good that humans should aim for in life? A) Pleasure. B) Power. C) Happiness (Eudaimonia). D) Wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happiness (Eudaimonia). 8. Like the Athinian's, the Romans established a government made up of separate branches, including a ....., which controlled foreign and financial policies. A) Senate. B) President. C) Supreme Court. D) Monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Senate. 9. When was Jeremy Bentham Died? a)1832b)1879 c)1877 d)1875 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 10. The U.S. Bill of Rights contains many ideas from A) The Enlightenment time period. B) The Renaissance time period. C) Divine right theory. D) Idea of natural law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Enlightenment time period. 11. A king gave his most important lords fiefs, which were A) Grants of land. B) Large celebrations. C) War horses. D) Market licenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grants of land. 12. The philosophers (thinkers) during the Enlightenment are important because A) They all helped orgnaize the French Revoltuion. B) They felt that the all men needed governments to keep them in check. C) Their ideas challenged old ideas about rights, society, and the government. D) Their views allowed men and women to be equal and vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their ideas challenged old ideas about rights, society, and the government. 13. What do we call the age where Pericles ruled over Greece? A) A dictatorship. B) The Golden Age. C) The Dark Ages. D) A constitutional monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Golden Age. 14. Which of the following is NOT a philosopher who form the basis of American political thought? A) John Locke. B) Thomas Hobbs. C) Jean Jacques Rousseau. D) Charles Montesquieu. E) Fredrick Niechzte. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Fredrick Niechzte. 15. Only ..... were considered citizens who lived in Greece. A) Free men. B) Free children. C) Enslaved men. D) Free women. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free men. 16. Who was a student of Aristotle? A) Plato. B) Socrates. C) Alexander the Great. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexander the Great. 17. He is a Christian thinker that Christianized Aristotle's idea that humans are both rational and social, that states occur naturally, and that government can improve humans spiritually. A) St Augustine. B) St Aquinas. C) St Peter. D) St Ambrose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St Aquinas. 18. When Thomas Hobbes fled away to France?a) 1640 b)1642 c)1641 d)1643 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 19. Who wrote Principles of Political Rights?a) Thomas Hobbes b)John Locke c)Rousseau d)J.S.Mill A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 20. What did many American colonists use Thomas Paine's Common Sense to justify? A) Acts of sabotage against British merchants. B) Declaring independence from Britain. C) Joining the army instead of the militia. D) Supporting the British monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declaring independence from Britain. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesThought QuizzesPolitical Thought Quiz 1Political Thought Quiz 2Political Thought Quiz 3Political Thought Quiz 4Political Thought Quiz 5Political Thought Quiz 6Political Thought Quiz 7Political Thought Quiz 8Political Thought Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books