Western Political Thoughts MCQs

Option A: T.E. Cronin

Option B: Jan Crawford Greenburg

Option C: Ruben Herrero de Castro & Robert Jervis

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Ruben Herrero de Castro & Robert Jervis ✔

Option A: Catherine Boone

Option B: Kamman, Michael

Option C: Hugo Grotius

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Hugo Grotius ✔

Option A: Mathew McCubbins

Option B: Robert Cooper

Option C: Gabriel A Almond

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Robert Cooper ✔

Option A: E.H. Carr

Option B: Francis Fukuyama

Option C: Mathew McCubbins

Option D: Morgan, Edmund S

Correct Answer: E.H. Carr ✔

Option A: Mathew Mc Cubbins

Option B: Hedley Bull

Option C: Immanuel Kant

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Hedley Bull ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Jeans Jacques Rousseau

Option C: Gant, Michael M

Option D: Barry Buzan

Correct Answer: Barry Buzan ✔

Option A: Jan Crawfod Greenburg

Option B: Kammen, Michael

Option C: Norman Angell

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Norman Angell ✔

Option A: Zeus

Option B: Uranus

Option C: Hesiod

Option D: Kronos

Correct Answer: Hesiod ✔

Option A: Rational

Option B: Subconscious

Option C: Animal

Option D: Vegetative

Correct Answer: Subconscious ✔

Option A: Eudemeus

Option B: Nicomachus

Option C: Eudoxus

Option D: Phillipius

Correct Answer: Nicomachus ✔

Option A: Lyceum

Option B: Gymnasium

Option C: Academy

Option D: Alcemium

Correct Answer: Lyceum ✔

Option A: How can one look for what one does not know?

Option B: How can those without virtue be elected if democracy is virtuous?

Option C: Xeno’s paradox

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: How can one look for what one does not know? ✔

Option A: “Soothsayers and prophets”

Option B: “Oracles and deities”

Option C: “Gorgias and Anytus”

Option D: “Blindfolded children”

Correct Answer: A. “Soothsayers and prophets” ✔

Option A: It’s always inferior

Option B: It’s sometimes superior

Option C: They are equally good

Option D: It’s inferior in the long run

Correct Answer: D. It’s inferior in the long run ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Jacques-Louis Davi

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Socratic Problem

Option B: Platonic Problem

Option C: Soitic Problem

Option D: Aristocratic Problem

Correct Answer: Socratic Problem ✔

Option A: The Catholic Church

Option B: The gods of ancient Greece

Option C: A personal relationship with God

Option D: Therevada Buddhism

Correct Answer: The gods of ancient Greece ✔

Option A: Natural aristocracy

Option B: Elective aristocracy

Option C: Hereditary aristocracy

Option D: Different forms are best under different circumstances

Correct Answer: Elective aristocracy ✔

Option A: The monarch will govern in his own interests and not those of the people

Option B: The corporate will and the general will might be confused

Option C: A monarch will not delegate authority well

Option D: It takes a great deal of strength to govern single-handedly

Correct Answer: The corporate will and the general will might be confused ✔

Option A: General will

Option B: Corporate will

Option C: Particular will

Option D: If I don’t, no one will

Correct Answer: Corporate will ✔

Option A: The government should be weaker

Option B: There should be many magistrates

Option C: There should be fewer magistrates

Option D: There should be frequent elections

Correct Answer: There should be fewer magistrates ✔

Option A: Political Law

Option B: Civil Law

Option C: Criminal Law

Option D: Law derived from morals, customs, and beliefs

Correct Answer: Law derived from morals, customs, and beliefs ✔

Option A: Loving and supportive

Option B: He was childless

Option C: Stormy at times but generally positive

Option D: He placed the five children he produced with his mistress in orphanages

Correct Answer: He placed the five children he produced with his mistress in orphanages ✔

Option A: Tolerance would be the guiding principal

Option B: The individual would be ostracized but not otherwise hindered

Option C: The individual would be enrolled in a voluntary educational program

Option D: Punishment would be administered to force the individual to adhere

Correct Answer: Punishment would be administered to force the individual to adhere ✔

Option A: Overly complex bureaucracy

Option B: Invasion and annexation from powerful neighbors

Option C: One law cannot apply equally to people living in different climates and regions

Option D: The government will be less swift and precise in maintaining law and order

Correct Answer: Invasion and annexation from powerful neighbors ✔

Option A: He henerally establishes his authority by an appeal to divine providence

Option B: He is a citizen of the state he makes laws for

Option C: He is chosen in a general election

Option D: He becomes the first head of state once he has set down the laws

Correct Answer: He henerally establishes his authority by an appeal to divine providence ✔

Option A: “All citizens must attend monthly assemblies”

Option B: “Stockwell Day is the leader of the official opposition party in Canada”

Option C: “The English head of state is a monarch determined by hereditary succession”

Option D: “The punishment for treason is death”

Correct Answer: B. “Stockwell Day is the leader of the official opposition party in Canada” ✔

Option A: Hereditary succession of power

Option B: The abolition of private property

Option C: Capital punishment

Option D: Public ballots

Correct Answer: Capital punishment ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Phaedo

Option C: Tyroqent

Option D: Aristotle

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Jeffrey K. Tulis

Option B: Catherine Boone

Option C: Kautilya

Option D: Kevin Phillips

Correct Answer: Kautilya ✔

Option A: T.E. Cronin

Option B: Thompson, J. W., and S. K. Padover

Option C: Gabriel A. Almond

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Thompson, J. W., and S. K. Padover ✔

Option A: Immanuel Kant

Option B: Morgan, Edmund S

Option C: Grant, Michael M

Option D: Roosen, William J

Correct Answer: Roosen, William J ✔

Option A: Mathew McCubbins

Option B: Thompson, J. W., and S. K. Padover

Option C: Mattingly, Garrett

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Mattingly, Garrett ✔

Option A: Gabriel A. Almond

Option B: Lossky, Andrew

Option C: Bob Woodward

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Lossky, Andrew ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Xenophon

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: Plato

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: They need them to survive

Option B: They find them gratifying

Option C: They benefit from them

Option D: They use them as objects of trade

Correct Answer: They find them gratifying ✔

Option A: The groom-horse relationship

Option B: The slave-master relationship

Option C: The shipbuilder’s servant shipbuilder relationship

Option D: The soldier-general relationship

Correct Answer: The groom-horse relationship ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Socrates is cold-hearted

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: Companionship

Option B: Love

Option C: Philanthropy

Option D: Contemplation

Correct Answer: Contemplation ✔

Option A: A rich Sophist

Option B: A corrupt Politician

Option C: A gifted priest

Option D: A man of true knowledge

Correct Answer: A rich Sophist ✔

Option A: Amazement

Option B: Anger

Option C: A rebuke

Option D: A theory

Correct Answer: Amazement ✔

Option A: Virtue

Option B: Wisdom

Option C: Prophets

Option D: Truth

Correct Answer: Wisdom ✔

Option A: The radius of a circle

Option B: The height of the Parthenon

Option C: The double of a square’s area

Option D: The golden ratio of a given square

Correct Answer: C. The double of a square’s area ✔

Option A: Recollection

Option B: Virtue

Option C: Political Skill

Option D: Gift of the gods

Correct Answer: Recollection ✔

Option A: Thomas Hobbes

Option B: Noam Chomsky

Option C: Gilbert Achcar

Option D: Bob Woodward

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Thomas Hobbes

Option B: Noam Chomsky

Option C: Gilbert Achcar

Option D: Bob Woodward

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Thomas Hobbes

Option B: Noam Chomsky

Option C: Gilbert Achcar

Option D: Bob Woodward

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: The establishment of a new government

Option B: A return to the state of nature

Option C: The sovereign punishes the rebels and peace is restored to the Leviathan

Option D: Civil wars only occur in governments that have not been structured according to Hobbesian rules

Correct Answer: A return to the state of nature ✔

Option A: Reason

Option B: Fear

Option C: Altruism

Option D: Greed

Correct Answer: Fear ✔

Option A: When the sovereign has committed crimes against the people

Option B: When the sovereign is no longer popular and the people want to elect a new leader

Option C: Never

Option D: Both (a) & (b)

Correct Answer: Never ✔

Option A: Thomas Hobbes

Option B: Noam Chomsky

Option C: Gilbert Achcar

Option D: Bob Woodward

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Thomas Hobbes

Option B: Noam Chomsky

Option C: Gilbert Achcar

Option D: Bob Woodward

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Vladimir Lenin

Option B: Joseph Stalin

Option C: Friedrich Engels

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Friedrich Engels ✔

Option A: The unification of the proletariat into a ruling class,

Option B: The overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy

Option C: Both (a) & (b)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔

Option A: Masters degree

Option B: He did not graduate from university

Option C: Doctoral degree

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Masters degree ✔

Option A: Trier. Germany

Option B: Berlin, Germany

Option C: Bonn Germany

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Trier. Germany ✔

Option A: How can one look for what one does not know?

Option B: How can those without virute be elected if democracy is virtuous?

Option C: Xeno’s paradox

Option D: How can virtue be wisdom but not knowledge?

Correct Answer: How can one look for what one does not know? ✔

Option A: Socrates is quick

Option B: Socrates is numbing

Option C: Socrates is cold-hearted

Option D: Socrates is suspicious

Correct Answer: Socrates is numbing ✔

Option A: This is a list, not a definition

Option B: The definition implicitly contains the term it is to define

Option C: The definition does not correspond to an eidos

Option D: The definition does not cover all cases of virtue

Correct Answer: The definition implicitly contains the term it is to define ✔

Option A: “than not to know the truth?”

Option B: “than to seek virtue and fail to find it?”

Option C: “than to desire bad things and secure them?”

Option D: “than to be a sophist?”

Correct Answer: C. “than to desire bad things and secure them?” ✔

Option A: Small, Melvin

Option B: Kevin Phillips

Option C: Gant, Michael M

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Kevin Phillips ✔

Option A: Lou Dobbs

Option B: Gabriel A. Ahmond

Option C: Horn, David Bayne

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Lou Dobbs ✔

Option A: Thompson, J.W. And S.K. Padover

Option B: T.E. Cronin

Option C: Catherine Boone

Option D: John Dean

Correct Answer: John Dean ✔

Option A: Catherine Boone

Option B: Horn, David Bayne

Option C: Thomas Sowell

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Thomas Sowell ✔

Option A: Jan Crawfod Greenburg

Option B: Francis Fukuyama

Option C: Catherine Boone

Option D: Small Melvin

Correct Answer: Jan Crawfod Greenburg ✔

Option A: Morgan, Edmund S

Option B: T.E. Cronin

Option C: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Option D: Zbigniew Brzezinski

Correct Answer: Zbigniew Brzezinski ✔

Option A: Gabriel A. Almond

Option B: Jimmy Carter

Option C: Bob Woodward

Option D: Jan Crawford Greensburg

Correct Answer: Jimmy Carter ✔

Option A: They are naturally equal

Option B: If they were altruistic they would be exploited

Option C: Scarcity of resources

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Matter moves itself

Option B: Matter is animated by the spirit

Option C: Metter moves only when pushed by other matter

Option D: Matter Li directly controlled by God

Correct Answer: Metter moves only when pushed by other matter ✔

Option A: Hobbes’s Levisithan

Option B: The of job

Option C: John Milton’s Paradise Lost

Option D: Homer’s Iliad

Correct Answer: The of job ✔

Option A: A state of perplexity

Option B: Cross-examination

Option C: Deductive proof

Option D: The Theory of Forms

Correct Answer: Cross-examination ✔

Option A: Because prosecuting criminals can often be an unholy act

Option B: Because there are other acts which are also holy

Option C: Because Euthyphro doesn’t specify what kind of crinimals should be prosecuted

Option D: Because Euthyphro doesn’t specify what kind of punishment these criminals deserve

Correct Answer: Because there are other acts which are also holy ✔

Option A: Zeus

Option B: Uranus

Option C: Hesiod

Option D: Kronos

Correct Answer: Hesiod ✔

Option A: He’s not very smart

Option B: He’s has a hooked nose

Option C: He’s an unknown

Option D: He has a sparse beard

Correct Answer: A. He’s not very smart ✔

Option A: Euthyphro could speak in Socrates defense

Option B: Euthyphro could persuade Meletus to drop his charges

Option C: Euthyphro could teach Socrates about the art of rhetoric

Option D: Euthyphro could teach Socrates about religious matters

Correct Answer: Euthyphro could teach Socrates about religious matters ✔

Option A: Charging a fee for his teaching

Option B: Inventing new deities

Option C: Corrupting the youth

Option D: Not recognizing the established gods

Correct Answer: Charging a fee for his teaching ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Socrates

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Socrates

Option C: Plato

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Xenophon

Option C: Plato

Option D: Aristotle

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Socrates

Option C: Xenophon

Option D: Aristotle

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Phaenarete

Option B: Zenexenus

Option C: Lamprocles

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Phaenarete ✔

Option A: Sophroniscus

Option B: Aristophanes

Option C: Lamprocles

Option D: Zenexenus

Correct Answer: Sophroniscus ✔

Option A: Ethics

Option B: Economics

Option C: Chemistry

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Ethics ✔

Option A: Aristophanes

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Homer

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Aristophanes ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Plato

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Aristophanes

Option B: Socrates

Option C: Xemophon

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Alcibiades

Option B: Critias

Option C: Plato

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: The Lyceum

Option B: Acedemy

Option C: Institution

Option D: Leader

Correct Answer: The Lyceum ✔

Option A: 225 B.C.

Option B: 415 B.C.

Option C: 335 B.C.

Option D: 315 B.C.

Correct Answer: C. 335 B.C. ✔

Option A: 385 B.C.

Option B: 381 B.C.

Option C: 387 B.C.

Option D: 315 B.C.

Correct Answer: A. 385 B.C. ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Jacques Louis David

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Socratic Problem

Option B: Platoic Problem

Option C: Soitic Problem

Option D: Aristocratic Problem

Correct Answer: Socratic Problem ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Phaedo

Option C: Tyroqents

Option D: Aristotle

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Socrates

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: Plato teachings

Option B: Aristotle teachings

Option C: Socrates teachings

Option D: Xenophon teachings

Correct Answer: Socrates teachings ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Socrates

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔

Option A: How can one look for what one does not know?

Option B: How can those without virtue be elected if democracy is virtuous?

Option C: Xeno’s paradox

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: How can one look for what one does not know? ✔

Option A: “Soothsayers and prophets”

Option B: “Oracles and deities”

Option C: “Gorgias and Anytus”

Option D: “Blindfolded children”

Correct Answer: A. “Soothsayers and prophets” ✔

Option A: It’s always inferior

Option B: It’s sometimes superior

Option C: They are equally good

Option D: It’s inferior in the long run

Correct Answer: D. It’s inferior in the long run ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Jacques-Louis David

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: Xenophon

Correct Answer: Socrates ✔