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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what years was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?
(a) 1957-1960.
(b) 1961-1963.
(c) 1963-1964.
(d) 1962-1965.

2. What is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies?
(a) Unionizing.
(b) Protesting.
(c) Lobbying.
(d) Allegating.

3. Michelle Bachmann dropped out of the bid for U.S. Presidency during the 2012 campaign after coming in sixth in what caucus?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Iowa.

4. Who insisted that the free market would establish the correct value of the world's currencies, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Milton Friedman.

5. What political party is James Inhofe a member of?
(a) Tea Party.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Green.

6. When was Bill Clinton born?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1958.

7. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?
(a) China Gate .
(b) China Rose.
(c) The China Syndrome.
(d) China Town.

8. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $85 million.
(c) $200 million.
(d) $50 million.

9. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) David Koresh.
(b) John Hinkley.
(c) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(d) Jack Ruby.

10. According to the authors, the economic decline of America is due to the unethical and illegal activities conducted by whom?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) Congressmen.
(c) Wall Street bankers.
(d) The Tea Party.

11. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Partisan politics.
(d) Dictatorship.

12. Contraception accounts for what percentage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's total services?
(a) 35%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 60%.

13. Who is the founder of Teach for America?
(a) Sergey Brin.
(b) Paul Allen.
(c) Wendy Kopp.
(d) Kishore Mahbubani.

14. What refers to an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system?
(a) Democratic economy.
(b) Self-regulating economy.
(c) Market economy.
(d) Economy of fairness.

15. Bill Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of what company?
(a) Apple Inc.
(b) Microsoft Corporation.
(c) Ebay.
(d) Amazon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency end?

2. To what political party does Michelle Bachmann belong?

3. What position does Arne Duncan currently hold?

4. When was Bill Gates born?

5. In March 2010, the majority of the finalists of the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants from where?

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