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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Erich Fromm?
(a) A mediator and author.
(b) A psychologist and author.
(c) A sociologist and author.
(d) A lawyer and author.

4. When government sets the objectives to be obtained, then it becomes what type of state?
(a) Authoritarian.
(b) Communist.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Totalitarian.

5. Who is the author of the chapter on "Alienation"?
(a) Nathaniel Brady.
(b) Nathaniel Branden.
(c) Nathaniel Burmond.
(d) Nathaniel Burgandy.

6. Which president does the author compare to a French minister?
(a) President Monroe.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) President Franklin.
(d) President Kennedy.

7. In the U.S., the economic system isn't a pure capitalist system but is what?
(a) A mixed system.
(b) A mixed economy.
(c) A mixed socialism.
(d) A mixed capitalism.

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

9. What is the name of the philosopher who introduces the concept of alienation?
(a) Jung.
(b) Livingston.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Hegel.

10. The author believes that when smears take place, they are generally aimed at what?
(a) Individuals.
(b) Political campaigns.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Beliefs in values or principles.

11. The author believes that many less-developed countries hate America for what?
(a) Her power.
(b) Her beliefs.
(c) Her success.
(d) Her strength.

12. What is one of the arguments against a volunteer army?
(a) The high cost.
(b) The amount of training needed.
(c) The lack of volunteers.
(d) The lack of motivation.

13. Fromm believes that the feeling of being separate causes what?
(a) Security.
(b) Completeness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anxiety.

14. Who are the second scapegoats in a statist society, according to the author?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Thinkers.
(c) Professors.
(d) Doctors.

15. For the author, the Cold War is a type of what warfare?
(a) Scientific warfare.
(b) Meaningless warfare.
(c) Peaceful warfare.
(d) Gang warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes legislators are open to _______, a fact which bewilders the public.

2. What does the author believe is the basis for a mixed economy?

3. Governor Romney says we do not have a system of capitalism but of what?

4. In "Atlas Shrugged," what is one of the antagonists?

5. Who does the author feel is the biggest loser in the foreign-aid program?

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