MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic ascribed to the ideal warrior (Achilles), as represented by Homer in The Iliad?
a. Cunning
b. Morality
c. Decisive action
d. Physical prowess
2. According to Plato, it is human nature to be:
a. Self-interested
b. Generous
c. Weak
d. Religious
3. Which of the following theorists were contemporaries?
a. Plato and Socrates
b. Hobbes and Locke
c. Homer and Machiavelli
d. A and b
e. None of the above
4. In describing a "truly wise leader," Socrates compares the role of this leader to the role of a(n):
a. Manager
b. Administrator
c. Physician
d. Lawyer
5. Whose previously suppressed ideas were used by Aquinas to expand upon the prevailing Christian Platonism?
a. Caesar
b. Socrates
c. Alexander the Great
d. Aristotle
6. According to Aquinas, a king should be to his kingdom what:
a. A manager is to his/her employer
b. God is to the world
c. A parent is to his/her child
d. A captain is to his/her ship
7. Which theorist would be least comfortable describing an "ideal leader?"
a. Machiavelli
b. Socrates
c. Hobbes
d. Aquinas
8. Mary Smith is a manager who always seems able to anticipate situations and bring them under her control. At times, her employees find her to be ruthless. At other times, she is seen as tender. She best exemplifies the qualities of an effective leader suggested by which of the following?
a. Aquinas
b. Conger
c. Machiavelli
d. Locke

9. The person who is identified with the belief that human beings are like material bodies in motion, with a native desire for power is:
a. Machiavelli
b. Socrates
c. Hobbes
d. Plato
10. When the founding fathers of the United States organized a government based on the structure of a strong legislature responsible for enacting legislation balanced by an executive branch whose responsibility it was to enforce legislation, they were following a tradition laid out in this textbook by:
a. Locke
b. Plato
c. Caesar
d. Hobbes