Woll HW
Check #7 – Federalist #10, 53, 56,
58, 62, & 63 – Dodd: Congress and the Quest for Power – Print out, complete and bring to class on
the assigned due date.
1. Under the original constitutional plan it was
absolutely clear that Congress was to:
a) be subordinate to the president.
b) be subject to judicial review by the courts.
c) exercise primary legislative functions.
d) be able to delegate legislative authority to the
other branches of the government.
2. A major difference between the House and the Senate
in the Constitution is:
a) the popular election of members of the House.
b) House control over the power of the purse.
c) Senate control over impeachment.
d) House domination over foreign affairs.
3. According to
a) an important check upon improper legislative acts.
b) a check upon majority rule.
c) the result of compromise between the large and
small states.
d) all of the above
4.
to the House because:
a) the Senate will be composed of wiser men.
b) the Senate will not be swayed by passion.
c) Senators must be older than members of the House.
d) the short term of the House reduces its capacity to
give continuity to legislation.
5. The personal power incentive tends to produce a
Congress that is:
a) highly centralized.
b) decentralized.
c) collectively responsible.
d) accountable to the will of the majority.
6. A junior member of Congress in the first stage of
his or her congressional career is:
a) primarily interested in developing good
legislation.
b) concerned mostly with reelection.
c) equally concerned with gaining personal power
within Congress and reelection.
d) uninterested in the committee hierarchy on Capitol
Hill.
7. The quest for personal power in Congress:
a) buttresses the power of congressional party
leaders.
b) strengthens congressional parties.
c) supports a diversified and powerful committee
system.
d) all of the above
8. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) As with politicians generally, members of Congress
enter politics in a quest for personal power.
b) Reelection, especially by large margins, can boost
the internal power of members of Congress.
c) On Capitol Hill, personal power incentives always
take precedence over the desire to strengthen Congress
as an
institution.
d) Personal power in Congress is often achieved
through committee chairmanships.
9. A dominant, imperial presidency which ignores
Congress:
a) intensifies the quest for personal power in
Congress.
b) decreases the power of already weak congressional
parties.
c) causes members of Congress to temporarily
subordinate their quest for personal power to strengthen
Congress as
an institution.
d) undermines congressional reform.
10. In Federalist 10, James Madison suggests
that the most enduring cause of faction is:
a) differing political opinion.
b) unequal distribution of property.
c) the separation of powers.
d) the large geographical area of the country.
11. James Madison argues, in Federalist 10,
that faction:
a) should be stamped out.
b) helps to advance the national interest.
c) is always opposed to the national interest.
d) provides an important underpinning for democratic
government.
12. In Federalist 10,
a) a republican form of government.
b) a powerful Supreme Court.
c) a strong presidency.
d) a national legislature.
13. Federalist 10 suggests that the framers of
the Constitution were:
a) in favor of strong political parties.
b) suspicious of parties.
c) in support of parties as a necessary condition of
democratic
government.
d) oblivious to parties.