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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. William Petersen is a professor of what?
(a) Government.
(b) Political science.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Psychology.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. The author believes that the basis of American freedom is that man can act how?
(a) In his own self-intrest.
(b) For the betterment of all.
(c) Selfishly.
(d) Altruistically.

15. The author believes that, in society today, there are no what?
(a) Rights of the individual.
(b) Free people.
(c) Driven people.
(d) Visions of the future or goals.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When is the period of McCarthyism?

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