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05 Jun 2023, 20:00
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Question 1
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
95%
(hard)
Question Stats:
27% (02:45) correct
73%
(03:07) wrong
based on 80
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Question 2
A
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
65%
(hard)
Question Stats:
40% (01:18) correct 60%
(01:06) wrong
based on 91
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Question 3
D
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
25%
(medium)
Question Stats:
73% (01:00) correct 27%
(01:12) wrong
based on 82
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Question 4
A
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
15%
(low)
Question Stats:
77% (00:51) correct 23%
(00:59) wrong
based on 75
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Adapted from "Federalist No. 46. The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared" by James Madison in The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay (1788)
I proceed to inquire whether the federal government or the state governments will have the advantage with regard to the predilection and support of the people. Notwithstanding the different modes in which they are appointed, we must consider both of them as substantially dependent on the great body of the citizens of the United States. I assume this position here as it respects the first, reserving the proofs for another place. The federal and state governments are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with different powers, and designed for different purposes. The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the people altogether in their reasoning on this subject, and to have viewed these different establishments not only as mutual rivals and enemies, but as uncontrolled by any common superior in their efforts to usurp the authorities of each other. These gentlemen must here be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on the comparative ambition or address of the different governments, whether either, or which of them, will be able to enlarge its sphere of jurisdiction at the expense of the other. Truth, no less than decency, requires that the event in every case should be supposed to depend on the sentiments and sanction of their common constituents.
I proceed to inquire whether the federal government or the state governments will have the advantage with regard to the predilection and support of the people. Notwithstanding the different modes in which they are appointed, we must consider both of them as substantially dependent on the great body of the citizens of the United States. I assume this position here as it respects the first, reserving the proofs for another place. The federal and state governments are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with different powers, and designed for different purposes. The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the people altogether in their reasoning on this subject, and to have viewed these different establishments not only as mutual rivals and enemies, but as uncontrolled by any common superior in their efforts to usurp the authorities of each other. These gentlemen must here be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on the comparative ambition or address of the different governments, whether either, or which of them, will be able to enlarge its sphere of jurisdiction at the expense of the other. Truth, no less than decency, requires that the event in every case should be supposed to depend on the sentiments and sanction of their common constituents.
1. What can we infer about the author's feelings about the Constitution based on the passage?
A. The author is neutral about the Constitution but feels that its detractors have been overly zealous.
B. The author is likely a supporter of the Constitution.
C. The author likely opposes the Constitution because he believes that it will create too strong of a federal government.
D. The author opposes the Constitution because he believes that it will create a federal government that is too weak to govern effectively.
E. The author likely has mixed feelings about the potential of the Constitution to create an effective federal government.
A. The author is neutral about the Constitution but feels that its detractors have been overly zealous.
B. The author is likely a supporter of the Constitution.
C. The author likely opposes the Constitution because he believes that it will create too strong of a federal government.
D. The author opposes the Constitution because he believes that it will create a federal government that is too weak to govern effectively.
E. The author likely has mixed feelings about the potential of the Constitution to create an effective federal government.
2. Which difference between federal and state governments is the author purposely not addressing in his argument?
A. The different ways in which officials are elected
B. The fact that both derive their authority from constituents
C. The different sizes of their spheres of jurisdiction
D. Their different powers and purposes
E. Their different constituents
A. The different ways in which officials are elected
B. The fact that both derive their authority from constituents
C. The different sizes of their spheres of jurisdiction
D. Their different powers and purposes
E. Their different constituents
3. Which of the following is true regarding the author’s perspective on the differences between federal and state governments?
A. The author views the state and federal government as being rivals and enemies.
B. The author thinks that only state governments have their power checked by the citizens of the United States.
C. The author thinks that only the federal government wants to enlarge its sphere of jurisdiction.
D. The author thinks that the state and federal governments have been granted different powers in order to accomplish different goals.
E. The author thinks that the state and federal governments were designed to do the same things.
A. The author views the state and federal government as being rivals and enemies.
B. The author thinks that only state governments have their power checked by the citizens of the United States.
C. The author thinks that only the federal government wants to enlarge its sphere of jurisdiction.
D. The author thinks that the state and federal governments have been granted different powers in order to accomplish different goals.
E. The author thinks that the state and federal governments were designed to do the same things.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The author compares the federal and state governments, and in doing so, argues that the ultimate source of a government's authority is the people it governs.
B. The author discusses the relative unimportance of constituents in his country's current governmental system.
C. The author compares features of the federal and state governments and concludes that they are very different from one another.
D. The author describes the features of the Constitution and the effects they may have on federal- and state-level government.
E. The author points out flaws in his opponents' arguments in order to oppose the Constitution.
A. The author compares the federal and state governments, and in doing so, argues that the ultimate source of a government's authority is the people it governs.
B. The author discusses the relative unimportance of constituents in his country's current governmental system.
C. The author compares features of the federal and state governments and concludes that they are very different from one another.
D. The author describes the features of the Constitution and the effects they may have on federal- and state-level government.
E. The author points out flaws in his opponents' arguments in order to oppose the Constitution.
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