AP GOV MCQ unit 1 questions &
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In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed.
This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the
will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few.
If the people are to give their assent to the laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner
of the choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be disposed, and consequently
qualified to declare the sentiments of the people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak
the sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large
extended country, it is impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of integrity,
to declare the minds of the people, without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in
great ANS - B
In the passage, Brutus rejects the idea of a republic in which representatives vote on behalf of citizens,
arguing that in a large country, it is impossible to fairly represent the will of the people with a small
number of legislators.
In the passage,-brutus 1-, Brutus is most concerned with the conflict between which of the following
political ideas?
Civil rights and national security
B
Participatory democracy and elite democracy
C
Political parties and special interest groups
D
Religious liberty and the separation of church and state ANS - B
In the passage, Brutus discusses two systems of representation, arguing that while elite democracy
cannot adequately express the popular will, participatory democracy could lead to a large, unwieldy
government that is unable to function.
Which of the following excerpts from the passage(Brutus 1) best describes the author's reason for
opposing an expansion of the scope of the federal government?
, A
In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed."
B
"This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the
will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few."
C
"If the people are to give their assent to the laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the
manner of the choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be disposed, and
consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the people..."
D
"... [I]t is impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of integrity, to declare the
minds of the people, without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in ANS - D
This excerpt contains the author's reasoning for opposing an extended republic, arguing that any fair
representative body truly representing the people's will would be too large to function.
While [opponents of the Constitution] admit that the government of the United States is destitute of
energy, they contend against conferring upon it those powers which are requisite to supply that energy.
They seem still to aim at things repugnant and irreconcilable; at an augmentation of federal authority,
without a diminution of State authority; at sovereignty in the Union, and complete independence in the
members. . . . This [requires that] a full display of the principal defects of the Confederation [is]
necessary, in order to show that the evils we experience do not proceed from minute or partial
imperfections, but from fundamental errors in the structure of the building, which cannot be amended
otherwise than by an alteration in the first principles and main pillars of the fabric. . . . [T]he United
States has an indefinite discretion to [plead for] for men and money; but they have no authority to raise
either, ANS - B
The debt crisis was not effectively resolved by state governments, while the federal government was
unable to act because of a lack of taxation power under the Articles of Confederation.
Which of the following is a difference between the Articles of Confederation and the United States
Constitution that is a response to a problem expressed in the passage?
A
The Articles of Confederation lacked federal executive and judicial branches, whereas the United States
Constitution did not.
B
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In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed.
This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the
will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few.
If the people are to give their assent to the laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner
of the choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be disposed, and consequently
qualified to declare the sentiments of the people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak
the sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large
extended country, it is impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of integrity,
to declare the minds of the people, without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in
great ANS - B
In the passage, Brutus rejects the idea of a republic in which representatives vote on behalf of citizens,
arguing that in a large country, it is impossible to fairly represent the will of the people with a small
number of legislators.
In the passage,-brutus 1-, Brutus is most concerned with the conflict between which of the following
political ideas?
Civil rights and national security
B
Participatory democracy and elite democracy
C
Political parties and special interest groups
D
Religious liberty and the separation of church and state ANS - B
In the passage, Brutus discusses two systems of representation, arguing that while elite democracy
cannot adequately express the popular will, participatory democracy could lead to a large, unwieldy
government that is unable to function.
Which of the following excerpts from the passage(Brutus 1) best describes the author's reason for
opposing an expansion of the scope of the federal government?
, A
In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed."
B
"This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the
will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few."
C
"If the people are to give their assent to the laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the
manner of the choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be disposed, and
consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the people..."
D
"... [I]t is impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of integrity, to declare the
minds of the people, without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in ANS - D
This excerpt contains the author's reasoning for opposing an extended republic, arguing that any fair
representative body truly representing the people's will would be too large to function.
While [opponents of the Constitution] admit that the government of the United States is destitute of
energy, they contend against conferring upon it those powers which are requisite to supply that energy.
They seem still to aim at things repugnant and irreconcilable; at an augmentation of federal authority,
without a diminution of State authority; at sovereignty in the Union, and complete independence in the
members. . . . This [requires that] a full display of the principal defects of the Confederation [is]
necessary, in order to show that the evils we experience do not proceed from minute or partial
imperfections, but from fundamental errors in the structure of the building, which cannot be amended
otherwise than by an alteration in the first principles and main pillars of the fabric. . . . [T]he United
States has an indefinite discretion to [plead for] for men and money; but they have no authority to raise
either, ANS - B
The debt crisis was not effectively resolved by state governments, while the federal government was
unable to act because of a lack of taxation power under the Articles of Confederation.
Which of the following is a difference between the Articles of Confederation and the United States
Constitution that is a response to a problem expressed in the passage?
A
The Articles of Confederation lacked federal executive and judicial branches, whereas the United States
Constitution did not.
B
