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1. Who was NOT an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Malcolm X
c. Henry David Thoreau
d. Martin Luther King
e. All of the above advocated non-violence.
2. What does it mean to "operationalize" a concept, such as democracy?
a. Rely on public opinion surveys.
b. Define it in measurable ways.
c. Summarize it.
d. Analyze it over time.
e. Examine it within a comparative framework.
3. According to Leo Panitch's definition, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the state?
a. It involves territorial boundaries.
b. It requires a competitive party system.
c. It consists of a complex set of institutions that wield public authority.
d. It has a monopoly over the use of force.
e. All of the above are characteristics of the state.
4. Why do conflicts generally occur in society?
a. Over values
b. Over resources
c. Over power
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above
5. Who said, "The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept of physics"?
a. David Easton
b. Aristotle
c. Karl Marx
d. John Locke
e. Bertrand Russell
6. Distinctions between the state, government, and society lose all meaning under which government regime?
a. Monarchy
b. Totalitarianism
c. Capitalism
d. Direct Democracy
e. Representative Democracy
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of power exercised by coercion?
a. Persuasion
b. Fines
c. Extortion
d. Blackmail
e. Verbal threat
8. Government refers to which of the following?
a. The system of institutions and agencies used to exercise the state's authority
b. The activity by which rival claims are settled by public authorities
c. The ability to influence what happens in society
d. Both B and C
e. All of the above
9. According to Alexis de Tocqueville, what is the best protection against the "tyranny of the majority"?
a. The existence of multiple group identities in society
b. A proportional representation electoral system
c. A coalition government
d. The majority party in the House of Commons implements the wishes of those who elected them
e. A competitive party system
10. A class-based definition of politics emphasizes which of the following as the basis for political conflict?
a. Laws and the constitution
b. Cultural divisions
c. Sexual inequality
d. The unequal division of wealth
e. Scarcity