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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the governor of California when the protest at Berkeley in 1964 occurs?
(a) Brown.
(b) Davis.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Deukmejian.

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

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

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

6. According to the author, the conflict for liberals and conservatives is between the state and whom?
(a) Man.
(b) Family.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Society.

7. In what type of system is property privately owned but controlled by the government?
(a) Regulatorism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Oligarchies.
(d) Dictatorship.

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

9. When the author examines the situation in Viet Nam, the author reveals the belief that there is no _____ ______ for the U.S. there.
(a) Pressing interest.
(b) Social interest.
(c) Public interest.
(d) National interest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Louis XIV's chief adviser?

2. Among those countries of the world that have had fascist dictatorships, a favorable opinion of _______ is found.

3. The author believes that Louis XIV creates a welfare state and ruins what?

4. When is isolationism prevalent in the U.S.?

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

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