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Question 1:

________ refers to the activity by which public authorities settle rival claims.
a) Power
b) Politics
c) Marxism
d) Freedom
e) Social capital

Question 2:

________ characterizes politics as a pervasive pattern of oppression.
a) Marxism
b) Feminism
c) Postmodernism
d) Both a and c
e) All of the above

Question 3:

The function of the state is to ________.
a) ensure conditions for some degree of social disorder
b) oppress the entire community
c) ensure conditions that promote some social order
d) control the actions of the citizens
e) educate the entire community

Question 4:

Despite definitional differences it is generally agreed upon that politics involves ________.
a) demands
b) class
c) inequality
d) power
e) freedom

Question 6:

The three faces of power that can result in compliance are _______.
a) coercion, influence, and power
b) politics, authority, and coercion
c) authority, influence, and compliance
d) coercion, influence, and authority
e) coercion, authority, and freedom

Question 7:

In an open society, ________.
a) citizens are free to speak their minds
b) citizens can move about freely
c) citizens can associate with whomever they wish
d) citizens do not need to notify the public authorities of their movements
e) all of the above

Question 8:

Political Scientist Jill Vickers argues that the public and private realms distinction is fundamentally ________.
a) false
b) sexist
c) not related to power
d) critical to democracy
e) totalitarian

Question 9:

In a capitalist society, class analysis sees the state as an instrument through which ________.
a) small minorities control most of a society’s wealth and relinquish their social and economic dominance
b) large majorities control most of a society’s wealth and maintain their social and economic dominance
c) small minorities control most of a society’s wealth and maintain their social and economic dominance
d) large majorities control most of a society’s wealth and relinquish their social and economic dominance
e) None of the above

Question 10:

Pluralist theory suggests that the state responds chiefly to the demands of those groups that are ________.
a) best organized
b) have superior financial resources
c) able to credibly claim to speak on behalf of large numbers of voters
d) able to speak on behalf of influential segments of the population
e) all of the above

Question 11:

According to the definition provided by Leo Panitch, the state is a broad concept that includes _________.
a) bureaucracy
b) government
c) military
d) publicly owned media
e) all of the above

Question 12:

The core theorizing on the nature of the state and capitalism emanates from ________.
a) Karl Marx
b) John Locke
c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
d) Max Weber
e) all of the above

Question 13:

Class analysis views the state as ________.
a) an inherently patriarchal institution
b) an essentially oppressive and even repressive society
c) an instrument through which the small minorities control most of a society’s wealth and maintain their social and economic dominance
d) having absolute power
e) all of the above

Question 14:

Feminism views the state as ________.
a) an inherently patriarchal institution
b) an essentially oppressive and even repressive society
c) an instrument through which the small minorities control most of a society’s wealth and maintain their social and economic dominance
d) having absolute power
e) all of the above

Question 15:

Postmodernists view the state as ________.
a) an inherently patriarchal institution
b) an essentially oppressive and even repressive society
c) an instrument through which the small minorities control most of a society’s wealth and maintain their social and economic dominance
d) having absolute power
e) all of the above

Question 16:

The government ________.
a) is a term more usefully reserved for those who have been elected to power
b) is more personal than the state
c) is chosen and removed through elections in democratic systems
d) both a and c
e) all of the above

Question 17:

Legitimacy of government refers to ________.
a) the rules and institutions of the state are seen as reasonable and accepted by citizens
b) the government receives majority support of voters
c) constitutional recognition
d) military support of the regime
e) the ability of society’s dominant class to get its values and beliefs accepted

Question 18:

Government that relies on threats and violence to maintain its rule is generally ________.
a) authoritative
b) democratic
c) legitimate
d) representative
e) unstable

Question 19:

________ refers to the ability of society’s dominant class to get its values and beliefs accepted as the conventional wisdom in society at large.
a) Social capital
b) Operationalization
c) Tyranny of the majority
d) Legitimacy
e) Cultural hegemony

Question 20:

According to the rule of law, ________.
a) everyone is subject to the law
b) public officials may exercise powers beyond those assigned to his or her office
c) the courts have no authority to deal with abuses of power
d) powerful people are above the law
e) all of the above

Question 21:

The public agenda ________.
a) is shaped by elected government officials
b) involves matters that warrant some policy response
c) is entirely determined by the spending of self-interest groups
d) is set based on the personal opinions of journalists
e) ensures that public interests reflect only the points of view of the wealthy and well connected

Question 22:

A political identity may be formed by one’s ________.
a) language
b) religion
c) ethnicity
d) gender
e) all of the above

Question 23:

________ is probably the single most powerful political identity in the world.
a) The nation
b) Class identity
c) Religious identity
d) The constituency
e) The government

Question 24:

All modern democracies are ________.
a) representative bureaucracies
b) totalitarian
c) coercive
d) representative democracies
e) institutional groups

Question 25:

The democratic solution to the problem of an ill-informed public is ________.
a) to censor the mass media
b) to educate public opinion
c) to limit voting rights to the most wealthy and powerful citizens
d) to exclude it from the determination of public affairs
e) to deny citizenship

Question 26:

There are many institutions besides the state that can reasonably claim to act on behalf of the entire community.
a) True
b) False

Question 27:

Power is the ability to influence what happens and is only found in political settings.
a) True
b) False

Question 28:

Karl Marx views class conflict as a core characteristic of capitalist states.
a) True
b) False

Question 29:

The legitimacy of the state is based on fear of the penalties that follow from disobeying the law.
a) True
b) False

Question 30:

Pluralist models of the state do not assume that competition among groups takes place on a level playing field.
a) True
b) False

Question 31:

Feminists view the state as an inherently patriarchal institution.
a) True
b) False

Question 32:

The state is more personal that government, being associated with a particular group of people and with political parties.
a) True
b) False

Question 33:

The legitimacy of the state is based on the consent of those who are governed.
a) True
b) False

Question 34:

Cultural hegemony, a term used by Marxist critics, signifies the inability of society’s dominant class to get its values and beliefs accepted as the conventional wisdom at large.
a) True
b) False

Question 35:

Alexis de Tocqueville warned against the tyranny of the majority.
a) True
b) False

Question 36:

Access to political decision-makers and the ability to influence public opinion is equally distributed in society.
a) True
b) False

Question 37:

Political identities perform important psychological and emotional functions.
a) True
b) False

Question 38:

The nation has been a particularly crucial political identity in Canadian politics.
a) True
b) False

Question 39:

Pierre Trudeau believed that a nation was the entire population of a sovereign state.
a) True
b) False

Question 40:

Class inequality is a very important issue for most Canadians.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Canadian Democracy, Eighth Edition: Chapter 1