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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author predict will win when there is a conflict between groups with the same principles?
(a) The man with the most power.
(b) The man with the most knowledge.
(c) The man with the most consistent behavior.
(d) The man with the most altruism.

2. From what point of view is the encyclical written?
(a) Religious-altruist.
(b) Personal-altruist.
(c) Spiritual-altruist.
(d) Mystic-altruist.

3. What kind of medicine is part of the British economic system?
(a) Decentralized.
(b) Socialized.
(c) Individual.
(d) Localized.

4. In "Atlas Shrugged," what is one of the antagonists?
(a) Ordered-individualism-capitalism.
(b) Rational-individualism-capitalism.
(c) Reason-individualism-capitalism.
(d) Logical-individualism-capitalism.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the author believe is the basis for a mixed economy?
(a) Individuals.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Businesses.

11. When there is a conflict among groups that do not have the same principles, which does the author predict will win?
(a) The more evil or irrational entity.
(b) The entity that has society's good as a purpose.
(c) The entity with the most power.
(d) The most rational entity.

12. The author refers to the situation in which sacrifice is considered good and self-improvement is not as what?
(a) Moral coercion.
(b) Moral force.
(c) Moral corruption.
(d) Moral obscenity.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author believe that productive work generates?

3. William Petersen is a professor of what?

4. What is one of the arguments against a volunteer army?

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

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