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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Relation between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Friedman points out one idea that is often forgotten is that political and economic institutions have been ______.
(a) Free.
(b) Suppressed.
(c) Autonomic.
(d) Unfree.

2. Friedman defines a country as a collection of ______.
(a) Ideals.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Leaders.

3. A major point for Friedman is that politics and economics are not ______.
(a) Autonomous.
(b) Separate.
(c) Together.
(d) United.

4. Friedman states that government should be ______.
(a) Decentralized.
(b) Consolidated.
(c) Streamlined.
(d) Incorporated.

5. What does Friedman believe coordinates individuals over vast distances and across all belief systems?
(a) The price system.
(b) The geographic system.
(c) The electoral system.
(d) The educational system.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Friedman's opinion, what will check government power?

2. Friedman hypothesizes that the change from free market societies to economic controlled ones led classical liberals to worry that it would ______ political freedom.

3. A common misunderstanding of economic freedom, according to Friedman, is that it emphasizes ______.

4. According to Friedman, what is liberty's greatest enemy?

5. Friedman states that government should be ______.

(see the answer key)

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