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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who wins the protest at Berkeley in 1964 over a strip of land?
(a) The protesters.
(b) The chancellor.
(c) The students.
(d) The professors.

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

7. The existence of the military draft, according to the author, is the epitome of what?
(a) Statism.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Lack of freedom.
(d) Force.

8. Who are typical lobbyists?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Doctors.

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

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

11. One of the tactics of this group is to paint capitalism as evil.
(a) Communists.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Dictators.

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

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

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

15. What does the author believe is dominating society today?
(a) Hate.
(b) Morality.
(c) Disagreement.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When there is a conflict among groups that do not have the same principles, which does the author predict will win?

3. Who is the author of the chapter on "Alienation"?

4. From what point of view is the encyclical written?

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

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