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1.4 The Enlightenment Answers

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Which describes the purpose of this passage?

A
to define political power
B
to explain life without government
C
to explain why people dispose of their possessions
D
to outline the bounds of the laws of nature.
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According to Hobbes, why do humans participate in a social contract? Check all that apply.

A
to provide total liberty to all
B
to help one another
C
to limit opportunities to harm one other
D
to work individually without support
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How is the preamble to the Constitution related to the idea of the social contract?

A
It lists specific individual rights.
B
It establishes an authoritarian government.
C
It creates a government whose power comes from the people.
D
It describes a governmental structure based on a monarchy.
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According to Locke, what may happen when legislators reduce the rights of people?

A
People may become beholden to the government.
B
People may stop doing what the government says.
C
People may give the government more power.
D
People may decide to return to the state of nature.
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?

A
Locke’s ideas concerning a government’s “breach of trust” helped shape the Declaration of Independence.
B
Locke’s ideas about the role of church in government were copied into the Declaration of Independence.
C
The Declaration of Independence convinced Locke to write his treatise.
D
The Declaration of Independence shaped Locke’s ideas on collective safety.
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According to Wollstonecraft, women should

A
be arbitrarily governed.
B
organize their own governments.
C
avoid partaking in government.
D
have a say in how they are governed.
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Why does Wollstonecraft consider a government that ignores the happiness of women defective?

A
It fails to uphold the social contract.
B
It is not honest or respectable.
C
It fails to provide for a separation of powers.
D
It is not democratic, but rather tyrannical.
8

Which describes the purpose of this passage?

A
to define political power
B
to explain life without government
C
to explain why people dispose of their possessions
D
to outline the bounds of the laws of nature.
9

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

A
to provide total liberty to all
B
to help one another
C
to limit opportunities to harm one other
D
to work individually without support
10

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

A
It lists specific individual rights.
B
It establishes an authoritarian government.
C
It creates a government whose power comes from the people.
D
It describes a governmental structure based on a monarchy.
11

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

A
People may become beholden to the government.
B
People may stop doing what the government says.
C
People may give the government more power.
D
People may decide to return to the state of nature.
12

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?

A
Locke’s ideas concerning a government’s “breach of trust” helped shape the Declaration of Independence.
B
Locke’s ideas about the role of church in government were copied into the Declaration of Independence.
C
The Declaration of Independence convinced Locke to write his treatise.
D
The Declaration of Independence shaped Locke’s ideas on collective safety.
13

According to Wollstonecraft, women should

A
be arbitrarily governed.
B
organize their own governments.
C
avoid partaking in government.
D
have a say in how they are governed.
14

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

A
It fails to uphold the social contract.
B
It is not honest or respectable.
C
It fails to provide for a separation of powers.
D
It is not democratic, but rather tyrannical.

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