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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, key to our recovery is reminding our politicians that they were elected to do the work of our country not _________________.
(a) Raise taxes.
(b) Get re-elected.
(c) Start wars.
(d) Sell out to corporations.

2. When was John F. Kennedy born?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1922.

3. What is a term describing philosophies which emphasize freedom, individual liberty, voluntary association and respect of property rights?
(a) Capitolism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Libertarianism.
(d) Socialism.

4. Robert Stevenson family's business remains in existence where?
(a) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(b) Buffalo, New York.
(c) Bellingham, Washington.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

5. Who tried to imagine what it would have been like if there had been a 24/7 cable news cycle when the Constitution was being written in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Lindsay Graham.
(c) Dick Cheney.
(d) Milton Friedman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news agency do the authors criticize for having its own agenda in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?

2. What state had been home to many of the largest defense contractors that have since been forced to close down, leaving millions unemployed?

3. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?

4. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?

5. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search described in Chapter 11?

2. When did the crisis take place on Three Mile Island as described in Chapter 10?

3. What examples do the authors make of Wendy Kopp and Robert Stevenson?

4. How do the authors describe the impact of the Tea Party in 2010?

5. How do the authors describe Americans' growing sense of entitlement?

6. How do the authors describe the loss of moral values in America in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?

7. How do the authors describe partisan politics in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?

8. What has led to the struggle between the old and young, as described in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

9. How did the Three Mile Island incident impact America's use of nuclear energy?

10. What do the authors maintain to be reasons for hope for America in Chapter 14: "They Just Didn't Get the Word"?

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