PLST 205 Quiz 1

PLST 205 Quiz 1

PLST 205 Quiz 1 Liberty University

PLST 205 Quiz Foundational Principles

Set 1

1. Which US Supreme Court Justice wrote The Common Law, which supplanted Blackstone’s Commentaries as the premier text for law school students?
2. According to Blackstone, mankind
3. Everyone has a worldview.
4. The US Constitution provides a governmental framework in which
5. How many factors are identified by the authors of Contending for the Constitution as either attributable to luck or God’s supernatural intervention?
6. The Bible contains absolute standards of right and wrong that do not change over time.
7. A key problem with the Articles of Confederation was that
8. What is a presupposition?
9. What was the purpose of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia on February 21, 1787?
10. What country has the oldest written constitution?
11. The inerrancy of Scripture is attacked when people
12. Humanism is based on faith in
13. President Washington opposed the idea of a stronger national government than what existed under the Articles of Confederation
14. All of life is religious
15. Supporters of the proposed constitution were known as
16. Who was named the chair of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia?
17. Which President, while serving on a state committee, proposed a state law that would have punished those who violated the Sabbath?
18. In order to properly interpret the Constitution, judges must
19. What relationship should Christians have with the culture?
20. According to Christopher Langdell, judicial opinions
21. By 1776, how many of the thirteen colonies had established churches?
22. The Constitution is based on
23. What does sola scriptura mean?
24. Which of the following are ways in which the Constitution created a balance of powers?
25. What are two of the three indispensable elements of a Christian nation?

Set 2

1. President Washington opposed the idea of a stronger national government than what existed under the Articles of Confederation
2. Under the Articles of Confederation, the colonies were referred to as
3. A key problem with the Articles of Confederation was that
4. Everyone has a worldview.
5. Which President stated that “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people?”
6. What is a presupposition?
7. Who was named the chair of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia?
8. How many factors are identified by the authors of Contending for the Constitution as either
9. It is possible to approach a subject from a neutral position.
10. What are two of the three indispensable elements of a Christian nation?
11. What event provided the final momentum needed to convene the Federal Convention in Philadelphia?
12. All of life is religious
13. There are some areas of life that are religious and some that are secular.
14. In order to properly interpret the Constitution, judges must
15. Our Constitution dictates that we cannot legislate morality.
16. The Constitution is based on
17. Which US Supreme Court Justice wrote The Common Law, which supplanted Blackstone’s Commentaries as the premier text for law school students?
18. According to Blackstone, mankind
19. The Bible contains absolute standards of right and wrong that do not change over time.
20. The inerrancy of Scripture is attacked when people
21. If man’s autonomous reasoning becomes the final authority for lawmaking in a country, then
22. Which President wrote a letter called “Legacy?”
23. Supporters of the proposed constitution were known as
24. The US Constitution provides a governmental framework in which
25. What motto did Thomas Jefferson propose for the national motto?