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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lobbying is the act of trying to influence whom?
(a) Owners.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Legislators.
(d) Capital markets.

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

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

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

5. In response to the claim that the superiority of communism is scientifically proven, the American answer is that the U.S. system is based on what?
(a) Faith in society.
(b) Belief in mankind.
(c) The rise of the individual.
(d) Faith in God.

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

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

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

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

10. The author believes Democrats and Republican are what type of actors?
(a) Rational actors.
(b) Selfless actors.
(c) Selfish actors.
(d) Irrational actors.

11. Who does the author feel is the biggest loser in the foreign-aid program?
(a) Britain.
(b) The underdeveloped nations.
(c) The semi-developed nations.
(d) The U.S.

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

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

14. What does the John Birch Society call Eisenhower?
(a) A warmonger.
(b) A slave owner.
(c) An elitist.
(d) A Communist.

15. 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 most rational entity.
(c) The entity that has society's good as a purpose.
(d) The entity with the most power.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of system is property privately owned but controlled by the government?

2. What does the author believe determines the course of history?

3. Who do lobbyists work for?

4. What does "laissez-nous faire" mean in English?

5. McCarthyism is named for a senator from where?

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