Quiz Submissions - Quiz 4
Patrick Smith (username: psmith)
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Written: Apr 12, 2017 9:56 AM - Apr 12, 2017 10:04 AM
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Question 1 point
Read the statements below, and decide which one is a good example of the principle of
the rule of law.
(Adapted from http://judiciallearningcenter.org/law-and-the-rule-of-law/)
You wait for the walk signal at the crosswalk. As you step into the street a car
speeds through the red light and nearly runs you over. A policeman nearby ignores
the situation.
Your neighbor is accused of a crime. She has an attorney who will represent her at
a trial. A jury of her peers will make the final decision. The entire trial is open to
the public.
The police seize your personal belongings. They give you no warning and no
explanation. When you tell the local judge, she orders you to keep quiet.
Murder is against the law, yet the police refuse to arrest a powerful government
official who shoots and kills his neighbor in front of several eye-witnesses.
Question
point
2
According to the Constitutional Rights Foundation, both Plato and Aristotle believed that it was
possible for an ideal political state to exist.
, True
False
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point
3
The principle of "one person, one vote" is the cornerstone of which type of government?
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
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point
4
The work of the founding fathers made the United States what type of government?
Socialist
Dictatorship
Democracy
Republic
Question
point
5
The first code of law is attributed to:
Aristotle
Patrick Smith (username: psmith)
Attempt 1
Written: Apr 12, 2017 9:56 AM - Apr 12, 2017 10:04 AM
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Your quiz has been submitted successfully.
Question 1 point
Read the statements below, and decide which one is a good example of the principle of
the rule of law.
(Adapted from http://judiciallearningcenter.org/law-and-the-rule-of-law/)
You wait for the walk signal at the crosswalk. As you step into the street a car
speeds through the red light and nearly runs you over. A policeman nearby ignores
the situation.
Your neighbor is accused of a crime. She has an attorney who will represent her at
a trial. A jury of her peers will make the final decision. The entire trial is open to
the public.
The police seize your personal belongings. They give you no warning and no
explanation. When you tell the local judge, she orders you to keep quiet.
Murder is against the law, yet the police refuse to arrest a powerful government
official who shoots and kills his neighbor in front of several eye-witnesses.
Question
point
2
According to the Constitutional Rights Foundation, both Plato and Aristotle believed that it was
possible for an ideal political state to exist.
, True
False
Question
point
3
The principle of "one person, one vote" is the cornerstone of which type of government?
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
Question
point
4
The work of the founding fathers made the United States what type of government?
Socialist
Dictatorship
Democracy
Republic
Question
point
5
The first code of law is attributed to:
Aristotle
