Question 1

According to Hobbes, "a real unity of them all in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man, in such manner, as if every man should say to every man, 'I authorize and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition: that you give up your right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.' This done, the multitude so united in one person, is called a triumvirate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Explain what Rorty means when he says, "I should like to produce a bracing conclusion to end these pessimistic reflections, but all I can offer is the suggestion that we Northern gentlefolk at least keep ourselves honest. We should remind ourselves, as Forster reminded us, that love is not enough."

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

According to Locke, "Secondly, in the state of Nature there wants a known and indifferent judge, with authority to determine all differences according to the established law."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Mill says, "The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle; that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to Green, "It may well be that it is only a legacy of historical ______________ which leads so many women to continue to aspire to marriage, a home in the suburbs, and 2.3 children. Yet it is not clear that differences in life-style choices between the sexes are always coerced."

Accepted Answer

A)  powerlessness 
B)  inauthenticity 
C)  decomposition 
D)  regeneration

Question 6

According to Green, "It may well be that it is only a legacy of historical decomposition which leads so many women to continue to aspire to marriage, a home in the suburbs, and 2.3 children. Yet it is not clear that differences in life-style choices between the sexes are always coerced."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Macaulay tells us that "On such grounds of reasoning, there will be found no insuperable objections to those propositions of Dr. Price, which are so highly censured by Mr. Burke, as containing principles of the most seditious and dangerous nature; even though we should allow that every government which accords with the opinions and the inclinations of the large majority of the people, is, in an high sense of the term, a legitimate government." Do you agree with Macaulay? Explain your answer.

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Question 8

According to Appiah, "The move from 'civilization' to 'culture' was the result of arguments. The move away from evaluation came first, once people recognized that much evaluation of other cultures by the Europeans and Americans who invented anthropology had been both ..."

Accepted Answer

A)  scientific and rigid. 
B)  political and social. 
C)  ignorant and biased. 
D)  tested and confirmed.

Question 9

In the reading, Socrates says, "But I shall be asked, Why do people delight in continually conversing with you? I have told you already, Athenians, the whole truth about this: they like to hear the cross-examination of the ____________________; there is amusement in this."

Accepted Answer

A)  elected politicians 
B)  callow and fickle youth 
C)  uneducated citizens 
D)  pretenders to wisdom

Question 10

In the reading, we find this passage: "Socrates, this time we will not mind Anytus, and will let you off, but upon one condition, that you are not to inquire and speculate in this way any more, and that if you are caught doing this again you shall die; if this was the condition on which you let me go, I should reply: Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the ..."

Accepted Answer

A)  search for God. 
B)  goal of perfecting the state government. 
C)  practice and teaching of philosophy. 
D)  overthrow of this government.

Question 11

In the reading, Socrates claims that by living in Athens his entire life, he has entered into an ________________ that he will obey the laws.

Accepted Answer

A)  implied contract 
B)  unfair agreement 
C)  unjustified bargain 
D)  universal statute

Question 12

According to Hobbes, in the state of nature, "The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have no place there. Where there is no common power, there is no ..."

Accepted Answer

A)  law. 
B)  war. 
C)  enemy. 
D)  tribe.

Question 13

According to Marx and Engels, "The real fruit of their battles lies, not in the immediate result, but in the ever expanding union of the workers. This union is helped on by the improved means of communication that are created by modern industry, and that places the workers of different localities in contact with one another. It was just this contact that was needed to centralize the numerous local struggles, all of the same character, into one national struggle between classes. But every class struggle is a ..."

Accepted Answer

A)  failed enterprise. 
B)  rational debate. 
C)  war of all against all. 
D)  political struggle.

Question 14

According to Marx and Engels, "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to Marx and Engels, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of ..."

Accepted Answer

A)  rational discourse. 
B)  the commonwealth. 
C)  economic progress. 
D)  class struggles.

Question 16

In the reading, Socrates confronts Meletus's charge that Socrates "corrupts the youth." Meletus then claims that ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Socrates is a complete atheist. 
B)  Socrates is anti-government. 
C)  Socrates incites the youth to revolt against the ruling class. 
D)  Socrates tells them to renounce all moral laws.

Question 17

Explain what Macaulay means when she tells us that "I know of no rational objection; nor can I think of any expedient to remove the well grounded apprehensions of the different interests which compose a commonwealth, than a fair and equal representation of the whole people, a circumstance which appears very peculiarly necessary in a mixed form of government, where the democratic part of the constitution will ever be in danger of being overborne by the energy attending on its higher constituent parts." Do you agree with Macaulay?

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Question 18

Rorty tells us that, "Liberals of Forster's time knew as well as the Marxists that the soul of history-if not of the novel or of humanity-is _________, but they thought that history had to be guided from the top down, by the gentlefolk."

Accepted Answer

A)  religious 
B)  science 
C)  memory 
D)  economic

Question 19

Rorty tells us that, "I should like to produce a bracing conclusion to end these pessimistic reflections, but all I can offer is the suggestion that we Northern gentlefolk at least keep ourselves honest. We should remind ourselves, as Forster reminded us, that ..."

Accepted Answer

A)  the Will of God shall prevail. 
B)  people are the same no matter what their status. 
C)  love is not enough. 
D)  government is the solution.

Question 20

Explain what Mill means when he says, "What was now wanted was, that the rulers should be identified with the people; that their interest and will should be the interest and will of the nation. The nation did not need to be protected against its own will. There was no fear of its tyrannizing over itself." Do you agree with Mill?

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Exam 8: Plato Apology

Explain what Rorty means when he says, "I should like to produce a bracing conclusion to end these pessimistic reflections, but all I can offer is the suggestion that we Northern gentlefolk at least keep ourselves honest. We should remind ourselves, as Forster reminded us, that love is not enough."

According to Locke, "Secondly, in the state of Nature there wants a known and indifferent judge, with authority to determine all differences according to the established law."

Mill says, "The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle; that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection."

According to Green, "It may well be that it is only a legacy of historical ______________ which leads so many women to continue to aspire to marriage, a home in the suburbs, and 2.3 children. Yet it is not clear that differences in life-style choices between the sexes are always coerced."

According to Green, "It may well be that it is only a legacy of historical decomposition which leads so many women to continue to aspire to marriage, a home in the suburbs, and 2.3 children. Yet it is not clear that differences in life-style choices between the sexes are always coerced."

According to Appiah, "The move from 'civilization' to 'culture' was the result of arguments. The move away from evaluation came first, once people recognized that much evaluation of other cultures by the Europeans and Americans who invented anthropology had been both ..."

In the reading, Socrates says, "But I shall be asked, Why do people delight in continually conversing with you? I have told you already, Athenians, the whole truth about this: they like to hear the cross-examination of the ____________________; there is amusement in this."

In the reading, Socrates claims that by living in Athens his entire life, he has entered into an ________________ that he will obey the laws.

According to Hobbes, in the state of nature, "The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have no place there. Where there is no common power, there is no ..."

According to Marx and Engels, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of ..."

In the reading, Socrates confronts Meletus's charge that Socrates "corrupts the youth." Meletus then claims that ...

Rorty tells us that, "Liberals of Forster's time knew as well as the Marxists that the soul of history-if not of the novel or of humanity-is _________, but they thought that history had to be guided from the top down, by the gentlefolk."

Rorty tells us that, "I should like to produce a bracing conclusion to end these pessimistic reflections, but all I can offer is the suggestion that we Northern gentlefolk at least keep ourselves honest. We should remind ourselves, as Forster reminded us, that ..."