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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the form of government that prevails in most of Latin America?
(a) Communism.
(b) Statism.
(c) Republicanism.
(d) Fascism.

2. When is the period of McCarthyism?
(a) 1920s-30s.
(b) 1910s-1920s.
(c) 1940s-50s.
(d) 1930s-40s.

3. Governor Romney says we do not have a system of capitalism but of what?
(a) Consumerism.
(b) Regulation.
(c) Protectionism.
(d) Retaliation.

4. The author believes that society today is headed toward what?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Guild socialism.
(d) Dictatorship.

5. What does the author believe is dominating society today?
(a) Disagreement.
(b) Morality.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hate.

6. Who visits the United States and declares that the superiority of communism is scientifically proven?
(a) Putin.
(b) Gorbachev.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Vonderenko.

7. Sometimes legislators are open to _______, a fact which bewilders the public.
(a) Re-election.
(b) Attack.
(c) Changing their minds.
(d) Bribes.

8. Who writes an encyclical that expresses contempt for capitalism?
(a) Pope Peter VI.
(b) Pope Platus VI.
(c) Pope Pius VI.
(d) Pope Paul VI.

9. McCarthyism is named for a senator from where?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) New Jersey.

10. The author believes that being free means freedom from what?
(a) Regulation by the government.
(b) Coercion by the government.
(c) Taxation by the government.
(d) Tyranny of the government.

11. In "Atlas Shrugged," what is the second antagonist?
(a) Religious-altruism-collectivism.
(b) Spiritual-altruism-collectivism.
(c) Belief-altruism-collectivism.
(d) Mysticism-altruism-collectivism.

12. The author believes that the _______ of man is responsible for production and prosperity.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Strength.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Hard work.

13. The author believes that when the ban on physical force is breached, then there is no what?
(a) Individual freedom.
(b) Freedom of speech.
(c) Political freedom.
(d) Freedom of rights.

14. According to the author, smears fall into the category known as what?
(a) Slander.
(b) Evil.
(c) Libel.
(d) Criminal.

15. Critics claim that FDR's New Deal programs were close to whose fascism?
(a) Napolean's.
(b) Hitler's.
(c) Mussolini's.
(d) Figurio's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do lobbyists work for?

2. What is the theory behind the pope's encyclical?

3. The author believes that the basis of American freedom is that man can act how?

4. What do liberals and conservatives, according to the author, agree that there is a fight to save?

5. Which president does the author compare to a French minister?

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