Chapter 1: Introducing the Ancient
Debate: The Ideal Versus the Real
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Idealism is to realism as campaigning for political office is to ______.
A. voting
B. holding office
C. fundraising
D. lobbying
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Introducing the Ancient Debate
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. The struggles that torment the characters in films such as Star Wars are reflective of our
own struggles between ______.
A. idealism and realism
B. good and evil
C. rich and poor
D. Black and White
Ans: A
,Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introducing the Ancient Debate
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. In Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus is an example of a(n) ______.
A. realist
B. idealist
C. oracle
D. dreamer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Classical Theory, Modern Reality, and Stuff
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. One’s personal experiences, preferences, and expectations, which shape one’s views of
politics and political events, are referred to as an individual’s ______.
A. ideals
B. politics
C. conceptual framework
D. ergonomics
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
,Answer Location: You’re Just a Mime Trapped in an Invisible Box
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following is not identified in the text as one of the reasons that fiction is
useful for politics?
A. By viewing events through the eyes of fictional characters, we can more easily set aside
our own personal preferences, ideologies, and experiences.
B. By living through the characters in novels, we can get a taste of political situations that
we, as individuals, might never be able to experience in the real world.
C. Fiction is more interesting than politics.
D. The use of fiction can support and, in some cases, instigate an active approach to learning.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Explain why this book’s use of fiction makes it more awesome than
pizza.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Fiction as a Tool for Exploring Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which of the following refers to one’s view of a perfect world?
A. dystopia
B. utopia
C. C-SPAN
D. federalism
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define utopia and explain its relevance to the theme of this book.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Utopias in Fiction and Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
, 7. Which of the following theorists used utopian thought when he offered his harsh and
influential critique of capitalism?
A. Aristotle
B. Niccolò Machiavelli
C. Karl Marx
D. Confucius
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define utopia and explain its relevance to the theme of this book.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Utopias in Fiction and Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The period between World War I and World War II is often referred to as the ______.
A. interwar period
B. idealist period
C. transitional period
D. realist period
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define utopia and explain its relevance to the theme of this book.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Utopias in Fiction and Politics
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Plato would agree with which of the following statements?
A. Democracy is the ideal for which all societies should aim.
B. Philosophers should rule, because only they can appreciate perfect forms.
Debate: The Ideal Versus the Real
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Idealism is to realism as campaigning for political office is to ______.
A. voting
B. holding office
C. fundraising
D. lobbying
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Introducing the Ancient Debate
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. The struggles that torment the characters in films such as Star Wars are reflective of our
own struggles between ______.
A. idealism and realism
B. good and evil
C. rich and poor
D. Black and White
Ans: A
,Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introducing the Ancient Debate
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. In Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus is an example of a(n) ______.
A. realist
B. idealist
C. oracle
D. dreamer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Classical Theory, Modern Reality, and Stuff
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. One’s personal experiences, preferences, and expectations, which shape one’s views of
politics and political events, are referred to as an individual’s ______.
A. ideals
B. politics
C. conceptual framework
D. ergonomics
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify the difference between reality and what you think you
know.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
,Answer Location: You’re Just a Mime Trapped in an Invisible Box
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following is not identified in the text as one of the reasons that fiction is
useful for politics?
A. By viewing events through the eyes of fictional characters, we can more easily set aside
our own personal preferences, ideologies, and experiences.
B. By living through the characters in novels, we can get a taste of political situations that
we, as individuals, might never be able to experience in the real world.
C. Fiction is more interesting than politics.
D. The use of fiction can support and, in some cases, instigate an active approach to learning.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Explain why this book’s use of fiction makes it more awesome than
pizza.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Fiction as a Tool for Exploring Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which of the following refers to one’s view of a perfect world?
A. dystopia
B. utopia
C. C-SPAN
D. federalism
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define utopia and explain its relevance to the theme of this book.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Utopias in Fiction and Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
, 7. Which of the following theorists used utopian thought when he offered his harsh and
influential critique of capitalism?
A. Aristotle
B. Niccolò Machiavelli
C. Karl Marx
D. Confucius
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define utopia and explain its relevance to the theme of this book.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Utopias in Fiction and Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The period between World War I and World War II is often referred to as the ______.
A. interwar period
B. idealist period
C. transitional period
D. realist period
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define utopia and explain its relevance to the theme of this book.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Utopias in Fiction and Politics
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Plato would agree with which of the following statements?
A. Democracy is the ideal for which all societies should aim.
B. Philosophers should rule, because only they can appreciate perfect forms.
