1.4 The Enlightenment

Question 1

Which describes the purpose of this passage?

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B: to explain life without government

Question 2

According to Hobbes, why do humans participate in a social contract? Check all that apply.

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B: to help one another; C: to limit opportunities to harm one other

Question 3

How is the preamble to the Constitution related to the idea of the social contract?

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C: It creates a government whose power comes from the people.

Question 4

According to Locke, what may happen when legislators reduce the rights of people?

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B: People may stop doing what the government says.

Question 5

Read the passages from Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and the Declaration of Independence. Then answer the question that follows.What is the relationship between these two passages?

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A: Locke’s ideas concerning a government’s “breach of trust” helped shape the Declaration of Independence.

Question 6

According to Wollstonecraft, women should

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D: have a say in how they are governed.

Question 7

Why does Wollstonecraft consider a government that ignores the happiness of women defective?

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A: It fails to uphold the social contract.

Question 8

Which describes the purpose of this passage?

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B: to explain life without government

Question 9

According to Hobbes, why do humans participate in a social contract? Check all that apply.

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B: to help one another; C: to limit opportunities to harm one other

Question 10

How is the preamble to the Constitution related to the idea of the social contract?

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C: It creates a government whose power comes from the people.

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