Final Sınavı - Polıtıcal Thought

Soru 1:

Which term below is valued in the period of Enlightenment?

A) Restriction B) Progress C) Tradition D) Religion E) Authority

Soru 2:

Which of the following claims that the best form of government is a mixed government combining elements of democracy, aristocracy and kingship?

A) John of Salisbury B) Thomas Aquinas C) John of Paris D) William of Ockham E) Marsilius of Padua

Soru 3:

Which of the following systems can be considered to be the closest to More’s Utopia ?

A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) Oligarchy. D) Monarchy. E) Monopoly.

Soru 4:

According to Marx, what is the driving force of social change?

A) Class struggle B) Capitalism C) Dialectic D) Ideology E) Materialism

Soru 5:

According to Bodin, which of the followings is the best form of government?

A) Capitalism. B) Oligarchy. C) Monarchy. D) Anarchy. E) Democracy.

Soru 6:

According to Tocqueville, what has been the most important of the values that hold society together?

A) Friendship B) Honesty C) Loyalty D) Religion E) Truth

Soru 7:

In relation to which of the following the concept of justice is discussed in Plato's Republic?

A) rights B) virtue C) fairness D) consent E) equality

Soru 8:

What portrays the main characteristic of Enlightenment movement

A) Rationalism B) Scholasticism C) Anarchism D) Marxism E) Socialism

Soru 9:

"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?

A) The Vatican gained more influence over the local monarchies. B) The fading spirit of the crusades was reflamed in Europe. C) Aristocracy was reinforced by these vastly supported demands. D) These demands weaponized the bourgeoisie against its opponents. E) These demands provided the feudal lords with immense powers over the peasants.

Soru 10:

Which philosopher defines the enlightenment as "a man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.”?

A) Thomas Hobbes B) David Hume C) Immanuel Kant D) Georg Hegel E) Walter Benjamin

Soru 11:

I Scottish II Russian III German IV French Which of the above are considered as basic enlightenment schools?

A) Only I B) I-II-III C) I-III-IV D) I-II-IV E) II-III-IV

Soru 12:

Which of the following is the best fit for describing the Rawlsian idea of justice?

A) utilitarian justice B) libertarian justice C) justice as fairness D) justice as virtue E) justice as equality

Soru 13:

............ 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.

A) Kant B) Helvetius C) Rousseau D) Montesquieu E) Ferguson

Soru 14:

Which of the following is FALSE for the Renaissance and the Reformation?

A) There was a desire to challenge findings in ancient masterpieces. B) Many people started to learn foreign languages in order to read texts from different cultures. C) Those who politicized the reformation movement on another level were the peasants. D) The bourgeoisie and the emerging urban middle class was one of the main supporting forces E) As the Renaissance was spreading all over Europe, its content inevitably began to change.

Soru 15:

All of the following are true of Calvin’s view EXCEPT,

A) One must work hard for personal success. B) It is the responsibility of earthly power to fulfill religious duties. C) The governed must be in full submission to the governor. D) Governors may use force to maintain order in their society. E) Citizens must obey the rules of God if the governors do not.

Soru 16:

Which of the following is not an inequality type which Rousseau mentions?

A) Natural inequalities B) Social inequalities C) Physical inequalities D) Spiritual inequalities E) Political inequalities

Soru 17:

Which of the followings is used to define 16th century capitalism?

A) Commercial capitalism B) Oligarchic capitalism C) State-guided capitalism D) Industrial capitalism E) Free market capitalism

Soru 18:

Which is not true for Immanuel Kant?

A) Kant is an important name of the German Enlightenment idea. B) For Kant, the reason was the only way to bring humanity to reality. C) Kant argued that one of the most prominent features of Enlightenment is the “age of criticism”. D) Kant has tried to reach a compromise between religion and science. E) According to Kant, the individual does not have an area of unlimited freedom.

Soru 19:

Which of the followings is NOT true about ideology?

A) It is a part of the superstructure of a society. B) Ideology reveals the unacceptable sides of the reality. C) It functions like the traditions and culture. D) They are the dominant ideas of an era are the ideas of the ruling class. E) These ideas express dominant material relationships which cause a class to rule the other.

Soru 20:

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?

A) 9th Century, BC B) 8th Century, BC C) 7th Century, BC D) 6th Century, BC E) 5th Century, BC