Understanding Civic Power Quiz

What is power in the civic arena?

• The ability to control the weather

• The ability to read people's minds

• The ability to make others do what you would have them do

• The ability to fly without wings

Which of the following is NOT a source of civic power?

• Physical force and a capacity for violence

• Control of the means of force

• Wealth

• Ability to control the weather

What is the law of power that says that people with power get more powerful and those without power continue to lose power?

• Power is always accumulating

• Power compounds

• Power is like water

• Power is never static

What does it mean to 'read power'?

• To learn how to read books

• To pay attention to as many texts of power as you can

• To learn how to write power

• To ignore the concept of power

What is the main question of democracy?

• How to accumulate more power

• How to enshrine privilege in policy

• How to prevent a few people from accumulating too much power

• How to control the weather

What is the ultimate goal of using power as a great citizen?

• To exercise power over others

• To accumulate power for oneself

• To control the weather

• To benefit everyone with power

What is the source of power that uses threats or harm?

• Social norms

• Physical force and a capacity for violence

• State action

• Wealth

What is the law of power that says power doesn't stay still?

• Power compounds

• Power is like water

• Power is never static

• Power is always accumulating

What is the ability to buy results and almost any other kind of power?

• Physical force and a capacity for violence

• Social norms

• Wealth

• State action

What is the use of law and bureaucracy to compel people to do or not do certain things?

• Wealth

• State action

• Social norms

• Physical force and a capacity for violence