Quiz 2

Question 1

True or False: Fascism appeals to people’s ideas of nationalism, ethnicity, and/or race.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False: The election of Ronald Reagan served as a catalyst for accelerating the efforts of the Religious Right.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False: Communism is the most prevalent and powerful ideology in Europe and Asia today

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or False: Liberals believe that government action leads to greater social equality

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False: The idea of the commercial republic was popularized by Adam Smith

Answer 5

False

Question 6

True or False: Liberals generally use the past for guidance when meeting the challenges of the past

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Anarchism is founded on the belief that

Answer 7

Opposes the existence of any form of government

Question 8

Extreme right-wing ideologies share which of these traits in common?

Answer 8

Appeal to the popular prejudices and hatred

Question 9

When it comes to moral issues, conservatives

Answer 9

Look to religion as the foundation of morality

Question 10

What political group has seen its numbers increase in the United States in the past decade?

Answer 10

Independents

Question 11

What is the term for Karl Marx’s theory of historical progression that is focused on class struggle?

Answer 11

Dialectical materialism

Question 12

All of the following reflect liberal values except

Answer 12

Prayer in schools

Question 13

Who developed the ideas of laissez-faire capitalism?

Answer 13

Adam Smith

Question 14

True or False? Plato’s Republic establishes a classless society

Answer 14

False

Question 15

True or False? Marx’s utopian society was based on social revolution.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False? The key to Skinner’s utopia is behavioral engineering.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False? Behind utopian visions are a set of shared assumptions about human beings and what is best for them.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What does the word utopia mean?

Answer 18

A place where all is well

Question 19

In The Republic, what common theme is explored throughout Socrates’ text?

Answer 19

Justice

Question 20

What is the purpose of The Republic’s “Noble Lie?”

Answer 20

Ensure popular acceptance of the class system

Question 21

According to Bacon, science is the key to

Answer 21

improving the human condition

Question 22

What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?

Answer 22

The end of social inequality

Question 23

Even if we could create a utopian society, why would it not survive?

Answer 23

A perfect society would be static, but the world is always changing

Question 24

“Newspeak” is introduced by the government in which dystopian work?

Answer 24

1984

Question 25

Terrorism, like that carried out by Islamic extremists, includes which aspects of utopian thinking, according to one scholar?

Answer 25

Quest for social justice and a purified society