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.
…and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
D.
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
Part A: D. to ensure the happiness and relative safety of the citizenry
Part B: 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."