Question 1
pts
(TCO 6) Which writer's vision of utopia could not happen without revolution?
Skinner
Socrates
Marx
Plato
Bacon
Question 2
pts
(TCO 6) Which author focused on how to “arrange” society in a methodological way?
Karl Marx
Francis Bacon
Plato
B. F. Skinner
,John Locke
Question 3
pts
(TCO 6) What term describes the concept of a form of government ruled by active citizens rather
than elected/appointed officials?
Constitutional democracy
Republic
Direct democracy
Segmented democracy
Tyranny of the majority
Question 4
pts
(TCO 6) In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from
the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
Thomas Hobbes
Correct Answer
Alexis de Tocqueville
,Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Chapter 4 p73
Question 5
pts
(TCO 6) Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
It would be impossible to continue a perfect society.
Outside influences would destroy it from within.
Citizens could not resist the urge to make it more perfect.
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing.
Perfection cannot remain balanced indefinitely, and most likely could not correct itself.
Question 6
pts
(TCO 6) With its emphasis on science, education and toleration, what word would best describe
Bacon’s society?
Moderate
, Libertarian
Restrictive.
Serendipitous
Progressive
Question 7
pts
(TCO 6) Which writer's utopianism was based on the notion: "From each according to his
abilities; to each according to his needs"?
Plato
Francis Bacon
Karl Marx
B.F. Skinner
George Orwell
Question 8
pts
(TCO 6) Which writer's vision of utopia could not happen without revolution?
Skinner
Socrates
Marx
Plato
Bacon
Question 2
pts
(TCO 6) Which author focused on how to “arrange” society in a methodological way?
Karl Marx
Francis Bacon
Plato
B. F. Skinner
,John Locke
Question 3
pts
(TCO 6) What term describes the concept of a form of government ruled by active citizens rather
than elected/appointed officials?
Constitutional democracy
Republic
Direct democracy
Segmented democracy
Tyranny of the majority
Question 4
pts
(TCO 6) In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from
the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT
Thomas Hobbes
Correct Answer
Alexis de Tocqueville
,Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Chapter 4 p73
Question 5
pts
(TCO 6) Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?
It would be impossible to continue a perfect society.
Outside influences would destroy it from within.
Citizens could not resist the urge to make it more perfect.
A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing.
Perfection cannot remain balanced indefinitely, and most likely could not correct itself.
Question 6
pts
(TCO 6) With its emphasis on science, education and toleration, what word would best describe
Bacon’s society?
Moderate
, Libertarian
Restrictive.
Serendipitous
Progressive
Question 7
pts
(TCO 6) Which writer's utopianism was based on the notion: "From each according to his
abilities; to each according to his needs"?
Plato
Francis Bacon
Karl Marx
B.F. Skinner
George Orwell
Question 8
