POLI 105 CH 1 TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
1. The statement "Man is by nature a political animal" is attributed to ___
a. Niccolo Machiavelli
b. Max Weber
c. Karl Marx
d. Aristotle - Answers - d. Aristotle
2. Voting for someone who is charsimatic but whose policies might not benefit you
would be considered ___ behavior.
a. irrational
b. rational
c. legitimate
d. selfish - Answers - a. irrational
3. Although they seized ___, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan lacked ___.
a. authority; power
b. control; power
c. power; legitimacy
d. control; authority - Answers - c. power; legitimacy
4. Which philosopher discussed the difference between concepts and percepts?
a. Kant
b. Aristotle
c. Locke
d. Hobbes - Answers - a. Kant
5. Which of the following approaches to political analysis might consider the degree to
which people are tolerant of other ideas and religions?
a. one focused on rationality
b. one focused on control
c. one focused on authority
d. one focused on culture - Answers - d. one focused on culture
6. ___ often try to win elections by focusing on the values of religion, family, and self-
reliance.
, a. Libertarians
b. Democrats
c. Republicans
d. Socialists - Answers - c. Republicans
7. Aristotle's view that, like herd animals, humans naturally live in groups is most related
to which kind of explanation for political power?
a. biological
b. psychological
c. cultural
d. economic - Answers - a. biological
8. The phenomenon of "groupthink" is a form of ___ power in which leaders spend so
much time together that they all believe the same things to be true.
a. psychological
b. biological
c. cultural
d. anthropological - Answers - a. psychological
9. Rationality is based on which of the following?
a. reason
b. myth
c. culture
d. biology - Answers - a. reason
10. When people base their political views on beliefs that may not be based in reality,
they are behaving ___.
a. irrationally
b. rationally
c. empirically
d. legitimately - Answers - a. irrationally
11. The ability to shape others' behavior is known as ___.
a. legitimacy
b. control
c. authority
d. power - Answers - d. power
ANSWERS
1. The statement "Man is by nature a political animal" is attributed to ___
a. Niccolo Machiavelli
b. Max Weber
c. Karl Marx
d. Aristotle - Answers - d. Aristotle
2. Voting for someone who is charsimatic but whose policies might not benefit you
would be considered ___ behavior.
a. irrational
b. rational
c. legitimate
d. selfish - Answers - a. irrational
3. Although they seized ___, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan lacked ___.
a. authority; power
b. control; power
c. power; legitimacy
d. control; authority - Answers - c. power; legitimacy
4. Which philosopher discussed the difference between concepts and percepts?
a. Kant
b. Aristotle
c. Locke
d. Hobbes - Answers - a. Kant
5. Which of the following approaches to political analysis might consider the degree to
which people are tolerant of other ideas and religions?
a. one focused on rationality
b. one focused on control
c. one focused on authority
d. one focused on culture - Answers - d. one focused on culture
6. ___ often try to win elections by focusing on the values of religion, family, and self-
reliance.
, a. Libertarians
b. Democrats
c. Republicans
d. Socialists - Answers - c. Republicans
7. Aristotle's view that, like herd animals, humans naturally live in groups is most related
to which kind of explanation for political power?
a. biological
b. psychological
c. cultural
d. economic - Answers - a. biological
8. The phenomenon of "groupthink" is a form of ___ power in which leaders spend so
much time together that they all believe the same things to be true.
a. psychological
b. biological
c. cultural
d. anthropological - Answers - a. psychological
9. Rationality is based on which of the following?
a. reason
b. myth
c. culture
d. biology - Answers - a. reason
10. When people base their political views on beliefs that may not be based in reality,
they are behaving ___.
a. irrationally
b. rationally
c. empirically
d. legitimately - Answers - a. irrationally
11. The ability to shape others' behavior is known as ___.
a. legitimacy
b. control
c. authority
d. power - Answers - d. power
