This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Thought > Classical > Political Thought – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Thought Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Liberty and justice consist of restoring all that belongs to others; thus, the only limits on the exercise of the natural rights of woman are perpetual male tyranny; these limits are to be reformed by the laws of nature and reason." Olympe de Gouges, French feminist, Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, 1791 The passage above is an example of which of the following processes occurring in the eighteenth century? A) The emergence of nationalism. B) The formation of separatist movements. C) The application of Enlightenment ideas. D) The growth of empirical science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The application of Enlightenment ideas. 2. According to Locke, the purpose of government is to: A) Preserve absolute monarchy. B) Protect natural rights and promote the common good. C) Enforce religious conformity. D) Suppress individual liberties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect natural rights and promote the common good. 3. Who wrote the book Idées républicaines?a) Thomas Hobbes b)John Locke c)Rousseau d)Voltaire A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 4. Renaissance comes from the French word meaning? A) Knowledge. B) Rebirth. C) Truth. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rebirth. 5. According to Jean Jacques Rousseau, who is it that sets the boundaries of government? A) The people who give it power. B) The king who is in charge. C) The nobility. D) The church that supports the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people who give it power. 6. Which philosopher proposed the idea that people need an absolute monarch to maintain order in society? A) John Locke. B) Baron de Montesquieu. C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. D) Thomas Hobbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Hobbes. 7. Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions share an emphasis on? A) Wealth. B) Moral behavior. C) Salvation. D) Political participation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral behavior. 8. Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things? A) Power and privilege. B) Money and fame. C) Good looks and charm. D) Reason and logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reason and logic. 9. In which forms of government did hereditary play no role in the selection of rulers? A) Monarchy and oligarchy. B) Aristocracy and monarchy. C) Oligarchy and aristocracy. D) Democracy and oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democracy and oligarchy. 10. When was John Locke born?a) 1640 b)1632 c)1641 d)1643 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 11. Who was the tutor of Prince of Wales?a) Thomas Hobbes b)John Locke c)Rousseau d)J.S.Mill A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 12. Jeremy Bentham was influenced by whom? a)John Locke b) John StuartMill c) MichelFoucault d) Peter Singer A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 13. Which philosopher argued that there is a social contract between government and the people? A) Thomas Hobbes. B) John Locke. C) Charles Montesquieu. D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Hobbes. 14. Which of the following is NOT a Roman contribution to Western Political Thought? A) The Republic System. B) The Senate. C) The Magna Carta. D) A Written Code of Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Magna Carta. 15. What is a synonym for unalienable rights? A) Natural rights. B) Property rights. C) Right to bear arms. D) Freedom of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural rights. 16. What is the definition of popular sovereignty? A) A sudden change in the political, social, or economic structure of a society. B) A strong sense of pride and loyalty to one's own nation. C) A period of intellectual and philosophical exploration. D) The authority of the people to rule their own country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The authority of the people to rule their own country. 17. An implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. A) Warsaw Pact. B) Natural Laws. C) Constitution. D) Social Contract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social Contract. 18. Whera was Jeremy Bentham born?a)England b)China c)USA d)Canada A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 19. In which one of the following Newspapers / Journals was Bharathiyar not associated? A) Bala Bharata. B) New India. C) India. D) Suryothayam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New India. 20. Which philosopher did not believe in democracy. He introduced a belief in "aristocracy of merit" instead. A) Plato. B) Aristotle. C) Socrates. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plato. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books