Quiz 5

Question 1

In very numerous assemblies, _____________ takes control from reason. “Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”

Answer 1

Passion

Question 2

_______________ government presupposes the existence of qualities in human nature which justify esteem and confidence.

Answer 2

Republican

Question 3

The aim of the Constitution is to obtain rulers with ___________ to discern, and _____________ to pursue, the common good; then to keep them virtuous.

Answer 3

Wisdom, virtue

Question 4

Who will be the electors of federal representatives?
A) Rich
B) Learned
C) Distinguished names
D) Great body of the people

Answer 4

D) Great body of the people

Question 5

What will be the determining qualification of representatives?
A) Wealth
B) Birth
C) Religion
D) Profession
E) Merit

Answer 5

E) Merit

Question 6

In #57, is Madison in favor of frequent elections?

Answer 6

Yes.

Question 7

Representatives will be bound to the people by the cords of:

Answer 7

a. Duty
b. Gratitude
c. Interest
d. Ambition

Question 8

The “senatorial trust” requires greater extent of information and stability of _____________.

Answer 8

Character

Question 9

The diseases to which American governments are most liable are the “facility and _____________ of lawmaking.”

Answer 9

Excess

Question 10

In order to be a check on the government, must the senate be as similar or dissimilar to the House of Representatives as possible?

Answer 10

Dissimilar

Question 11

All single and numerous assemblies have a propensity to yield to sudden and violent _____________.

Answer 11

Passions

Question 12

A good government implies fidelity to the object of government, which is _____________ and knowledge of ______________.

Answer 12

happiness of the people, means by which that object can be best attained

Question 13

The mutability (changeability) of government due to frequent elections points out the necessity of some ______________ institution in the government – and the senate meets that necessity.

Answer 13

stable

Question 14

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so ____________ (long) that they cannot be read, or so ______________ (technical, convoluted) that they cannot be understood.”

Answer 14

voluminous, incoherent

Question 15

No government will be respected without possessing __________ & -________.

Answer 15

Order, stability

Question 16

In #63, Madison argues that a senate is necessary to establish a sense of ________ character.

Answer 16

National

Question 17

Some objects of government depend on immediate measures, while others depend on a “succession of well-chosen and __________ measures.”

Answer 17

Well-connected

Question 18

The senate will also serve as a defense to __________ against their own temporary errors and delusions.

Answer 18

The people.

Question 19

What should, ultimately, prevail over the views of rulers?

Answer 19

The cool and deliberate sense of the community.

Question 20

Liberty my be endangered by the abuses of ___________ as well as by the abuses of power.

Answer 20

Liberty

Question 21

The _________________________, with the people, will be able to guard against usurpations by the senate.

Answer 21

House of Representatives