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Question 1
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Which of the following characterizes journalist Walter Lippmann's views on democracy?
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a. He felt that well-funded private interest groups and lobbyists had taken the true
majoritarian power of democracy away from the voting public.
b. He felt that modern democratic government had become an unhealthy, pluralistic
enterprise.
c. He believed that among forms of government, only democracy could provide a citizen
with the ability to be a "progressive being."
d. He worried that most citizens are too uninformed to play the role democracy assigns
them.
e. None of these answers is correct.
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According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their "just powers" from:
Select one:
a. "God Almighty."
b. "the consent of the governed."
c. "the various factions."
d. "the teachings of Jesus Christ."
e. "the benevolence of a just king."
Question 3
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What aspect of America were William Watts and Lloyd Free referring to when they labeled it
"the country of individualism par excellence"?
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a. the majoritarian nature of the voting and election system
b. the ability of any individual to aspire to high political office
c. the judicial nature of American politics, in which any individual can challenge powerful
interests
d. the emphasis that Americans place on economic self-reliance and free markets
e. the ability of the individual to join in labor unions and interest groups to pursue his or her
political and financial self-interests
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French philosopher Michel Foucault referred to politics as:"________."
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a. like making sausage
b. the burden of citizens
c. a means to an end
d. war by other means
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