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POLS 101 American Government
Exam 1 March 2020 Topics 1 – 3
Grade 125.00 out of 125.00 ( 100 %)
Question 1
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Which of the following characterizes journalist Walter Lippmann's views on democracy?
Select one:
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.
Question 2
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According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their "just powers" from:
Select one:

d. "the teachings of Jesus Christ."
e. "the benevolence of a just king."
Question 3
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What type of government suppresses individuality, forcing people to think and act in prescribed
ways or risk punishment?
Select one:
Question 4
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French philosopher Michel Foucault referred to politics as:"________."
Select one:

e. a necessary evil

Question 5
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What new policy was established by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Gideon v . Wainwright
ruling?
Select one:
a. the right to trial by jury
b. the need to charge an arrested suspect with a specific crime within 24 hours of arrest
c. the requirement that police read a suspect his rights before or during arrest
d. government provision of free legal counsel to the accused if they are too poor to hire a lawyer
e. the practice of allowing a suspect out on bail until the time of the trial