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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of taxes are collected in the U.S?
(a) More than 60%.
(b) More than 40%.
(c) More than 30%.
(d) More than 50%.

2. How may countries were considered free by the Freedom House in 1973, according to Chapter 1?
(a) 46.
(b) 45.
(c) 41.
(d) 43.

3. When was "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" published according to chapter 3?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1765.
(c) 1756.
(d) 1754.

4. When was "Ancient Law" by Henry Maine published?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1965.

5. How many countries of the third wave of democratization reverted to authoritarianism or saw a significant erosion of democratic institutions?
(a) 1 in 3.
(b) 2 in 7.
(c) 1 in 10.
(d) 1 in 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What population density allowed agriculture?

2. How much of human and Chimpanzee DNA overlap?

3. What was a motive for making war in tribal societies?

4. How many countries had a electoral democracy in the late 1990's?

5. How much land remained privately owned in the USSR?

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