Polıtıcal Thought Final 7. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Which term below is valued in the period of Enlightenment?
Restriction |
Progress |
Tradition |
Religion |
Authority |
The correct answer is B.
2.Soru
Which of the following claims that the best form of government is a mixed government combining elements of democracy, aristocracy and kingship?
John of Salisbury |
Thomas Aquinas |
John of Paris |
William of Ockham |
Marsilius of Padua |
Thomas Aquinas claims that the best form of government is a mixed government combining elements of democracy, aristocracy and kingship (Summa, 1–2, q. 105, a. 1).
3.Soru
Which of the following systems can be considered to be the closest to More’s Utopia?
Capitalism. |
Communism. |
Oligarchy. |
Monarchy. |
Monopoly. |
What Utopia is mainly concerned with is the happiness of people. According to More, happiness is not a singular thing. Happiness has a collective characteristic. The way to reach happiness is through implementing the equality principle. According to More, equality cannot be ensured in a state where property is monopolized and absolute. Thus, eliminating the ownership of property is the only way to distribute the wealth of the country equally and fairly and to make people happy. Therefore, the correct option is B.
4.Soru
According to Marx, what is the driving force of social change?
According to Marx, what is the driving force of social change?
Class struggle |
Capitalism |
Dialectic |
Ideology |
Materialism |
According to Marx, class struggle is the driving force of social change.
5.Soru
According to Bodin, which of the followings is the best form of government?
Capitalism. |
Oligarchy. |
Monarchy. |
Anarchy. |
Democracy. |
The sovereign is confronted with limitations that might come from the economic conditions. According to Bodin, since property naturally belongs to a family, it should be beyond the domain of power of sovereignty. Bodin’s preference for the best form of government is monarchy. Therefore, the correct option is C.
6.Soru
According to Tocqueville, what has been the most important of the values that hold society together?
Friendship |
Honesty |
Loyalty |
Religion |
Truth |
Tocqueville argued that religion is also an important factor in determining democracy in a strong way. According to him, religious belief is one of the most important parts of human life. Even if the laws were changed throughout history, people’s religious beliefs remained largely the same. Religion has been the most important of the values that hold society together. In the case of the French Enlightenment, it denies the influence of religion on social life. This is reflected in the spirit of the French Revolution.
7.Soru
In relation to which of the following the concept of justice is discussed in Plato's Republic?
rights |
virtue |
fairness |
consent |
equality |
In Republic, a well-known work of Plato, the central issue is “justice” and it is discussed in relation to the concept of “virtue”. Hence, B is the correct answer.
8.Soru
What portrays the main characteristic of Enlightenment movement
Rationalism |
Scholasticism |
Anarchism |
Marxism |
Socialism |
The Eighteenth Century is commonly referred to as the “Age of Enlightenment” in terms of the history of political thought. Indeed, the rational thinking based on the Enlightenment movement portrayed the main characteristic of this century. Enlightenment has brought radical changes to both social and political sphere.
9.Soru
"On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church of Wittenberg Palace. These theses had social and political demands as much as theological ones."
Which of the followings is among the main consequences of the above-mentioned demands by Martin Luther?
The Vatican gained more influence over the local monarchies. |
The fading spirit of the crusades was reflamed in Europe. |
Aristocracy was reinforced by these vastly supported demands. |
These demands weaponized the bourgeoisie against its opponents. |
These demands provided the feudal lords with immense powers over the peasants. |
The fact that the church tried to centralize and protect its status quo led to the questioning of the Catholic universalism represented by the Roman Church. This religious universality would be dissolved with Renaissance and Reformation. The technological development that laid the groundwork for this new social formation was that the printing technology had been renewed. At such a time, Martin Luther lit the fuse of the Reformation movement. On October 31, 1517, he posted The Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church of Wittenberg Palace. These theses had social and political demands as much as theological ones. These demands had three main consequences.
1. Catholic world was divided
2. The churches were brought under the control of the states.
3. The bourgeoisie used these these demands as a weapon against its opponents such as aristocracy and the Roman Catholic Church.
Therefore, the correct option is D.
10.Soru
Which philosopher defines the enlightenment as "a man’s emergence
from his self-imposed immaturity.”?
Thomas Hobbes |
David Hume |
Immanuel Kant |
Georg Hegel |
Walter Benjamin |
Immanuel Kant is the most important name of the German Enlightenment idea. He has also provided one of the best-known definitions of Enlightenment: “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.” Here, the expression “immaturity” is particularly important.
11.Soru
I Scottish
II Russian
III German
IV French
Which of the above are considered as basic enlightenment schools?
Only I |
I-II-III |
I-III-IV |
I-II-IV |
II-III-IV |
As mentioned at the beginning, there are basically three separate Enlightenment Schools (French, Scottish and German).
12.Soru
Which of the following is the best fit for describing the Rawlsian idea of justice?
utilitarian justice |
libertarian justice |
justice as fairness |
justice as virtue |
justice as equality |
Rawlsian model is based on the concept of "fairness" which he himself coined. Thus, C is the correct answer.
13.Soru
............ an important contributor to the emergence of “social sciences” as a discipline, and tried to explain historical events and current developments with concrete movements rather than abstract analyzes like community contracts. Please complete the sentence with the appropriate option.
Kant |
Helvetius |
Rousseau |
Montesquieu |
Ferguson |
Montesquieu is an important contributor to the emergence of “social sciences” as a discipline.Montesquieu tried to explain historical events and current developments with concrete movements rather than abstract analyzes like community contracts.
14.Soru
Which of the following is FALSE for the Renaissance and the Reformation?
There was a desire to challenge findings in ancient masterpieces. |
Many people started to learn foreign languages in order to read texts from different cultures. |
Those who politicized the reformation movement on another level were the peasants. |
The bourgeoisie and the emerging urban middle class was one of the main supporting forces |
As the Renaissance was spreading all over Europe, its content inevitably began to change. |
On the other hand, the bourgeoisie and the emerging urban middle class would be one of the main supporting forces behind the Renaissance and the Reformation. Those who politicized the reformation movement on another level would be the peasants. It was evident that as the Renaissance was spreading all over Europe, its content inevitably began to change. Increasing numbers of translations were made from Greek and Latin languages. There was an increasing desire not only to read the ancient masterpieces but also to challenge their findings. The best examples of this situation are the scientific developments of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo (Harman, 2009: 180).
15.Soru
All of the following are true of Calvin’s view EXCEPT,
One must work hard for personal success. |
It is the responsibility of earthly power to fulfill religious duties. |
The governed must be in full submission to the governor. |
Governors may use force to maintain order in their society. |
Citizens must obey the rules of God if the governors do not. |
(d) is not Calvin’s view. As a matter of fact, he states that the main governors should be prevented from becoming tyrants.
16.Soru
Which of the following is not an inequality type which Rousseau mentions?
Natural inequalities |
Social inequalities |
Physical inequalities |
Spiritual inequalities |
Political inequalities |
According to Rousseau, inequality between people is two kinds. The first is “natural or physical inequalities” that occur outside the wills such as age, health, body. The other is defined as “spiritual or political inequalities” based on a kind of reconciliation and on people’s acceptance or at least acceptance. Developments that lead to unequal conditions, such as power and property, that are not found in nature, fall into this second strand.
17.Soru
Which of the followings is used to define 16th century capitalism?
Commercial capitalism |
Oligarchic capitalism |
State-guided capitalism |
Industrial capitalism |
Free market capitalism |
In the 16th century, all kingdoms deliberately adopted the policy of running national sources, promoting trade both at home and abroad, and developing national power. At this very point, in order to name 16th century capitalism as commercial capitalism, it is necessary to get into the further stages leading to industrial capitalism.
18.Soru
Which is not true for Immanuel Kant?
Kant is an important name of the German Enlightenment idea. |
For Kant, the reason was the only way to bring humanity to reality. |
Kant argued that one of the most prominent features of Enlightenment is the “age of criticism”. |
Kant has tried to reach a compromise between religion and science. |
According to Kant, the individual does not have an area of unlimited freedom. |
-Immanuel Kant is the most important name of the German Enlightenment idea.
-Kant opposed the idea that the reason was the only way to bring humanity to reality. On the contrary, the reason is not exempt from critical thinking.
- Kant has argued that one of the most prominent features of Enlightenment is the “age of criticism”.
- According to Kant, the individual does not have an area of unlimited freedom.
19.Soru
Which of the followings is NOT true about ideology?
It is a part of the superstructure of a society. |
Ideology reveals the unacceptable sides of the reality. |
It functions like the traditions and culture. |
They are the dominant ideas of an era are the ideas of the ruling class. |
These ideas express dominant material relationships which cause a class to rule the other. |
Ideology hides the unacceptable sides of the reality.
20.Soru
Which one of the following dates is today considered as a date that "polis" appeared as a social settlement with its ideological and political institutions?
9th Century, BC |
8th Century, BC |
7th Century, BC |
6th Century, BC |
5th Century, BC |
Considering existing archival information, it is not possible to specify a precise date for the birth of the polis. We already know that there were settlements on the Greek geography starting from the 2nd Millennium B.C. On the other hand, polis, as a social settlement with its ideological and political institutions, appears at the 5th Century B.C., at the middle of the classical age.
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