Chapter_7_Public_Opinion

Chapter_7_Public_Opinion

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

1. According to the results from a “U.S. Citizenship Test” administered by Newsweek magazine, only __________ of the test takers knew that the S. House of Representatives had 435 members.
2. 75 percent
3. 25 percent
4. 14 percent
5. 4 percent
6. 48 percent

ANSWER:                           c

REFERENCES:                   Public Opinion and Democracy (Pending rename/renumbering) LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.7.1 – LO7.1

2. James Madison felt that direct popular participation in the decisions of government was
3. a recipe for
4. an eventual goal of the new
5. to be achieved by amending the
6. the problem with the British form of
7. the desire of his political

ANSWER:                           a

REFERENCES:                   What Is Public Opinion?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.7.1 – LO7.1

3. S. Senators were not popularly elected until 1913
4. since no one thought to change the
5. to encourage democracy at the state
6. because public opinion only temporarily favored it in
7. as a defense to the people against their own temporary error and
8. because permanent majorities were not allowed to amend the

ANSWER:                           d

REFERENCES:                   Public Opinion and Democracy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.7.4 – LO7.4

4. The Framers created a government for the purpose of
5. unifying
6. achieving certain substantive
7. efficiency in the administration of
8. accomplishing the will of the
9. ensuring that the will of the majority would be

ANSWER:                           b

REFERENCES:                   What Is Public Opinion?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.7.1 – LO7.1

5. The Preamble to the S. Constitution lists all of the following goals of government EXCEPT

ANSWER:                           d

REFERENCES:                   What Is Public Opinion?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.7.1 – LO7.1