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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to the claim that the superiority of communism is scientifically proven, the American answer is that the U.S. system is based on what?
(a) The rise of the individual.
(b) Faith in God.
(c) Belief in mankind.
(d) Faith in society.

2. What does "laissez-nous faire" mean in English?
(a) Leave us alone.
(b) Help us succeed.
(c) Don't meddle with us.
(d) Leave us with ourselves.

3. What is the goal of the creation of the Federal Reserve System?
(a) To limit the amount of currency in circulation.
(b) To create a spending account for the military.
(c) To create a national savings account.
(d) To ease temporary reserve shortages.

4. Competition, according to the author, is regulated by what market?
(a) Capital market.
(b) Securities market.
(c) Stock market.
(d) Growth market.

5. In what type of system is property publicly owned and controlled?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Authoritarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis XIV rules, what kind of government does he have?

2. Who is the author of the "Gold and Economic Freedom" chapter?

3. When is isolationism prevalent in the U.S.?

4. What do patents and copyright protect?

5. In a gold-standard system, gold will flow from a low-interest-rate country to where?

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