Question 1

Conservatives reject attempts to promote equality by transferring wealth to the poor as misguided

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A)   communizing.
B)   fraternizing.
C)   dieting.
D)   equalizing.
E)   levelling.

Question 2

Which kind(s)  of conservative is (are)  most likely to advocate the extensive use of American military power abroad?

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A)   religious right conservatives
B)   Burkean or traditional conservatives
C)   neoconservatives
D)   all of the above
E)   none of the above

Question 3

As a conservative, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck opposed state-sponsored social welfare programs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-cultural conservatives

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Cultural conservatives are individuals o...

Question 5

The difference between reactionaries and other conservatives is that reactionaries

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A)   favor levelling programs; other conservatives oppose them.
B)   are more sympathetic to democracy than other conservatives are.
C)   want to speed up the pace of change; other conservatives want to slow it down.
D)   want to reverse social changes and return to an earlier form of society and politics.
E)   both A and D are correct.

Question 6

What are the key tensions and differences dividing the four kinds of conservatism from one another?

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The four kinds of conservatism - traditi...

Question 7

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-reactionaries

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The term "reactionaries" refers to indiv...

Question 8

Matching
Fill in the blanks with the letter corresponding to the names or terms listed below. Some names or terms may be used more than once and others not at all.
-Conservatives say that these policies will bring down the rich without really raising the poor:

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A)  Joseph de Maistre
B)  William Wordsworth
C)  José Ortega y Gasset
D)  William Graham Sumner
E)  Edmund BurkeF) decenteringG) individualistH)  Tory democracyI) Michael OakeshottJ) Margaret ThatcherK) Benjamin DisraeliL) John DeweyM) levellingN)  neoconservatismO)  reactionaryP)  original sin

Question 9

A good society, according to most conservatives, is one that values

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A)   innovation, progress, and change.
B)   order, stability, and continuity.
C)   individual freedom, equality, and democracy.
D)   liberty, equality, and fraternity.
E)   sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.

Question 10

Conservatives have typically opposed communism because

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A)   they have had nothing better to do with their time.
B)   conservatives believe that human beings can become perfect if government gets out of the way.
C)   conservatives oppose the communist belief that government must subdue the people's passions.
D)   conservatives dislike the communist belief that people need to be taught discipline and control.
E)   conservatives think that communists have too much faith in progress and social planning.

Question 11

Matching
Fill in the blanks with the letter corresponding to the names or terms listed below. Some names or terms may be used more than once and others not at all.
-English poet and classical conservative:

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A)  Joseph de Maistre
B)  William Wordsworth
C)  José Ortega y Gasset
D)  William Graham Sumner
E)  Edmund BurkeF) decenteringG) individualistH)  Tory democracyI) Michael OakeshottJ) Margaret ThatcherK) Benjamin DisraeliL) John DeweyM) levellingN)  neoconservatismO)  reactionaryP)  original sin

Question 12

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-the true natural aristocracy

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The term "the true natural aristocracy" ...

Question 13

Burke was a leading critic of the French Revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Burke was sharply critical of which of the following revolutions?

Accepted Answer

A)   American
B)   French
C)   Russian
D)   Chinese
E)   all of the above

Question 15

Conservatives are uniformly opposed to same-sex marriage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Conservatives like Edmund Burke believe that individual freedom is

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A)   not only good but the most important of all good things.
B)   so important that it must be protected against the prejudices that interfere with free inquiry.
C)   merely an obstacle to political authority.
D)   good, but not as good as a Porsche.
E)   good as long as it is ordered liberty.

Question 17

Neoconservatives and traditional conservatives are somewhat suspicious of capitalism because they

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A)   think that capitalism encourages people to believe that they can be perfect.
B)   think that capitalism dissolves traditional relationships and encourages reckless spending.
C)   believe that capitalist firms devote too much time and energy to planning for progress.
D)   think that capitalism has led to the levelling of society.
E)   are just naturally suspicious people.

Question 18

Joseph de Maistre believed that

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A)   the French Revolution was a necessary step on the path to a truly free society.
B)   the aristocracy must compromise with the working class in order to outvote the liberals.
C)   society needs monarchy, aristocracy, and religion to keep people's selfish desires in check.
D)   the best way to promote the public interest is to let people pursue their private interests.
E)   both A and D are correct.

Question 19

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-the religious right

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The term "religious right" refers to a p...

Question 20

As a general rule, Burke was opposed to political reform and social change.

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A) True 
 B)False

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