POLS 121 FINAL EXAM 2025 ACTUAL EXAM 2
VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) ||ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW!!!
why did Socrates believe that it would have been unjust to leave Athens? -CORRECT
ANSWER -Citizens have an obligation to obey the state because the state has given
them the tools to have a good life
-He had not left when he was free to do so
-Disobedience would lead to the downfall of Athens
-He would not exist if it had not been for Athenian laws
Mill: Over his own... -CORRECT ANSWER mind and body, the individual is sovereign
the harm principle -CORRECT ANSWER Power can only be exercised over someone
against their will in order to prevent harm to others, preventing harm to the person
themselves is not a sufficient reason
liberties associated with self regarding actions -CORRECT ANSWER thought and
opinion, expression, association, how we live our lives
tyranny of the majority -CORRECT ANSWER the tendency of society to impose its own
ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them, preventing the
formation of any individuality not in harmony with its ways
Mill - where do the moral sof a country emenate from -CORRECT ANSWER the
interests of the ascendent class
Mill - if we do things because they are custom... -CORRECT ANSWER we are not
making a choice
Mill - why must we cultivate individuality -CORRECT ANSWER to produce well-
developed human beings
,Fanon - Decolonisation is always... -CORRECT ANSWER a violent phenomenon
Fanon - after decolonisation, the interests... -CORRECT ANSWER of one will be the
interests of all
Fanon - when the native is confronted with the colonial order of things, he finds he is... -
CORRECT ANSWER in a state of permenant tension
Fanon - colonisation is... -CORRECT ANSWER violent in its natural state, and will only
yield when confronted with greater violence
Fanon - the colonised man finds his freedom... -CORRECT ANSWER in and through
violence
Fanon - for the native, life can only spring up again... -CORRECT ANSWER out of the
rotting corpse of the settler
Fanon - who is the colonised intellectual -CORRECT ANSWER they are in dialogue
with the colonial bourgeousie
Fanon - how do settlers view natives -CORRECT ANSWER representing the enemy of
values, absolute evil
Fanon - what does the native dream of -CORRECT ANSWER muscular prowess
Fanon - what does the Native want -CORRECT ANSWER to take the settler's place
Fanon - how does the native's tension find outlet -CORRECT ANSWER quarrels, tribal
warfare (which proves to the settler that the native is not reasonable)
Fanon - role of myths -CORRECT ANSWER creates a world which belongs to the
natives, and is more terrifying than the settlers
Fanon - myths after decoloniation -CORRECT ANSWER will stop being important
Fanon - role of the peasantry in decolonisation -CORRECT ANSWER first to realise
only violence pays, have nothing to lose and everything to gain
Fanon - political parties and elites during decolonisation -CORRECT ANSWER do not
focus on violence, object is not the radical overthrowing of the system, maintain a
dialogue with the settlers
Fanon - nationalist politicians -CORRECT ANSWER avoid actual overthrowing of the
state, shows of force without using them
Fanon - positive effects of violence -CORRECT ANSWER -unifies the poeple
, -cleansing force, frees the native from his inferiority complex
Thucydides - what did the Melians want -CORRECT ANSWER to be neutral
Thucydides - the strong... -CORRECT ANSWER do what they can and the weak suffer
what they must
Thucydides - for the Athenians, how would the submussion of the melians benefit both
sides -CORRECT ANSWER submission would save the melians from destruction, and
the Athenians would profit
Thucydides - why do the Athenians think that the enmity of the Melians is less harmful
than their friendship -CORRECT ANSWER enmity is a sign of strength, whereas
allowing friendship would signal weakness to their subjects
Thucydides - how do the Athenians argue that they would find security -CORRECT
ANSWER crushing the Melians
Thucydides - what do the Melians say would happen if the Athenians attacked them -
CORRECT ANSWER they would make enemies out of other neutral groups
Thucydides - who do the Melians trust to be on their side -CORRECT ANSWER the
Gods, the Spartans
Thucydides - Melian's hope -CORRECT ANSWER to yield now would be to give up all
hope straight away, as long as they are taking action, they may have hope
Thucydides - why do the Athenians not think that the Spartans will help the Melians -
CORRECT ANSWER the Spartans prefer what is pleasing to what is honourabke and
what is expediant to what is just
Thucydides - where does self interest lie -CORRECT ANSWER security, there is
danger in justice and honour
Thucydides - the best recipe for success is to... -CORRECT ANSWER stand up to
equals, defer to superioris and be moderate towards your inferiors
Thucydides - what did the Athenians do to the Melians? -CORRECT ANSWER killed all
adult men and enslaved all women and children
Wollstonecraft - what does education give women -CORRECT ANSWER an
appearance of weakness
Wollstonecraft - what are women educates to be -CORRECT ANSWER refined rather
than reasonable
VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) ||ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW!!!
why did Socrates believe that it would have been unjust to leave Athens? -CORRECT
ANSWER -Citizens have an obligation to obey the state because the state has given
them the tools to have a good life
-He had not left when he was free to do so
-Disobedience would lead to the downfall of Athens
-He would not exist if it had not been for Athenian laws
Mill: Over his own... -CORRECT ANSWER mind and body, the individual is sovereign
the harm principle -CORRECT ANSWER Power can only be exercised over someone
against their will in order to prevent harm to others, preventing harm to the person
themselves is not a sufficient reason
liberties associated with self regarding actions -CORRECT ANSWER thought and
opinion, expression, association, how we live our lives
tyranny of the majority -CORRECT ANSWER the tendency of society to impose its own
ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them, preventing the
formation of any individuality not in harmony with its ways
Mill - where do the moral sof a country emenate from -CORRECT ANSWER the
interests of the ascendent class
Mill - if we do things because they are custom... -CORRECT ANSWER we are not
making a choice
Mill - why must we cultivate individuality -CORRECT ANSWER to produce well-
developed human beings
,Fanon - Decolonisation is always... -CORRECT ANSWER a violent phenomenon
Fanon - after decolonisation, the interests... -CORRECT ANSWER of one will be the
interests of all
Fanon - when the native is confronted with the colonial order of things, he finds he is... -
CORRECT ANSWER in a state of permenant tension
Fanon - colonisation is... -CORRECT ANSWER violent in its natural state, and will only
yield when confronted with greater violence
Fanon - the colonised man finds his freedom... -CORRECT ANSWER in and through
violence
Fanon - for the native, life can only spring up again... -CORRECT ANSWER out of the
rotting corpse of the settler
Fanon - who is the colonised intellectual -CORRECT ANSWER they are in dialogue
with the colonial bourgeousie
Fanon - how do settlers view natives -CORRECT ANSWER representing the enemy of
values, absolute evil
Fanon - what does the native dream of -CORRECT ANSWER muscular prowess
Fanon - what does the Native want -CORRECT ANSWER to take the settler's place
Fanon - how does the native's tension find outlet -CORRECT ANSWER quarrels, tribal
warfare (which proves to the settler that the native is not reasonable)
Fanon - role of myths -CORRECT ANSWER creates a world which belongs to the
natives, and is more terrifying than the settlers
Fanon - myths after decoloniation -CORRECT ANSWER will stop being important
Fanon - role of the peasantry in decolonisation -CORRECT ANSWER first to realise
only violence pays, have nothing to lose and everything to gain
Fanon - political parties and elites during decolonisation -CORRECT ANSWER do not
focus on violence, object is not the radical overthrowing of the system, maintain a
dialogue with the settlers
Fanon - nationalist politicians -CORRECT ANSWER avoid actual overthrowing of the
state, shows of force without using them
Fanon - positive effects of violence -CORRECT ANSWER -unifies the poeple
, -cleansing force, frees the native from his inferiority complex
Thucydides - what did the Melians want -CORRECT ANSWER to be neutral
Thucydides - the strong... -CORRECT ANSWER do what they can and the weak suffer
what they must
Thucydides - for the Athenians, how would the submussion of the melians benefit both
sides -CORRECT ANSWER submission would save the melians from destruction, and
the Athenians would profit
Thucydides - why do the Athenians think that the enmity of the Melians is less harmful
than their friendship -CORRECT ANSWER enmity is a sign of strength, whereas
allowing friendship would signal weakness to their subjects
Thucydides - how do the Athenians argue that they would find security -CORRECT
ANSWER crushing the Melians
Thucydides - what do the Melians say would happen if the Athenians attacked them -
CORRECT ANSWER they would make enemies out of other neutral groups
Thucydides - who do the Melians trust to be on their side -CORRECT ANSWER the
Gods, the Spartans
Thucydides - Melian's hope -CORRECT ANSWER to yield now would be to give up all
hope straight away, as long as they are taking action, they may have hope
Thucydides - why do the Athenians not think that the Spartans will help the Melians -
CORRECT ANSWER the Spartans prefer what is pleasing to what is honourabke and
what is expediant to what is just
Thucydides - where does self interest lie -CORRECT ANSWER security, there is
danger in justice and honour
Thucydides - the best recipe for success is to... -CORRECT ANSWER stand up to
equals, defer to superioris and be moderate towards your inferiors
Thucydides - what did the Athenians do to the Melians? -CORRECT ANSWER killed all
adult men and enslaved all women and children
Wollstonecraft - what does education give women -CORRECT ANSWER an
appearance of weakness
Wollstonecraft - what are women educates to be -CORRECT ANSWER refined rather
than reasonable
