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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pull Peddlers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author believes that Louis XIV creates a welfare state and ruins what?
(a) The domestic economy.
(b) The international trade of silk.
(c) The international market.
(d) The domestic product.

2. How long do copyrights last in the United Kingdom?
(a) The life of the originator plus 50 years.
(b) The life of the originator plus 100 years.
(c) The life of the originator plus 25 years.
(d) The life of the originator plus 75 years.

3. A fear of _______ leads to the passage of the first antitrust laws.
(a) Oligarchies.
(b) Trusts.
(c) Conglomerates.
(d) Monopolies.

4. How are the railroads subsidized?
(a) Research-and-development deductions.
(b) Payments.
(c) Land grants.
(d) Tax deductions.

5. The author believes that businessmen take the blame for what?
(a) Recessions.
(b) Depressions.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Government actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author present in her book "Atlas Shrugged" that is reflected in current events?

2. The author believes that antitrust laws are a _______ ________________ of history.

3. How do irrational entities benefit from the United Nations, according to the author?

4. Lobbying is the act of trying to influence whom?

5. The author says the Industrial Revolution would never occur under what?

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