Two-Part Question
Multiple Choice Question
The following question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A:
According to the text, what is the purpose of the power that humankind invests in the governments that they institute?
A.
to ensure the power of dominance over other governments
B.
to ensure the wealth and prosperity of the citizenry
C.
to ensure the ability of the populace to create a monarchy to govern them
D.
to ensure the happiness and relative safety of the citizenry
Multiple Choice Question
Part B:
Which statement from the text BEST supports the response in Part A?
A.
…all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
B.
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
C.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...