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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who takes the concept of alienation and applies it to the worker?
(a) Marx.
(b) Fengle.
(c) Hicks.
(d) Dowd.

4. Among those countries of the world that have had fascist dictatorships, a favorable opinion of _______ is found.
(a) Oligarchism.
(b) Monarchism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Socialism.

5. What does the author believe that productive work generates?
(a) Profit.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Success.
(d) Money.

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

7. According to Fromm, what intensifies alienation?
(a) Individualism.
(b) Society.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Communism.

8. How does the author refer to a principle?
(a) As a proven truth.
(b) As a discovered truth.
(c) As a general truth.
(d) As a selected truth.

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

10. What does the author believe determines the course of history?
(a) Man's self-sacrifice.
(b) Man's ideas.
(c) Man's work.
(d) Man's mistakes.

11. What did the author present in her book "Atlas Shrugged" that is reflected in current events?
(a) Brain-drain in Spain.
(b) Brain-drain in Great Britain.
(c) Brain-drain in Germany.
(d) Brain-drain in France.

12. Lobbyists are required to register with whom?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) The business associations.
(c) The government.
(d) The banks.

13. When is isolationism prevalent in the U.S.?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1950s.

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

15. Who do lobbyists work for?
(a) The special-interest groups.
(b) The individual.
(c) The public.
(d) The businesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author refers to the situation in which sacrifice is considered good and self-improvement is not as what?

2. When government sets the objectives to be obtained, then it becomes what type of state?

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

4. The author believes that when the ban on physical force is breached, then there is no what?

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

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