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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is the period of McCarthyism?
(a) 1940s-50s.
(b) 1920s-30s.
(c) 1910s-1920s.
(d) 1930s-40s.

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

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

5. The author believes that when the ban on physical force is breached, then there is no what?
(a) Individual freedom.
(b) Freedom of rights.
(c) Political freedom.
(d) Freedom of speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the governor of California when the protest at Berkeley in 1964 occurs?

2. Who are the second scapegoats in a statist society, according to the author?

3. The author believes that being free means freedom from what?

4. Critics claim that FDR's New Deal programs were close to whose fascism?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two ways that man can comprehend the world, according to Fromm?

2. From what belief do foreign-aid programs stem?

3. When does the author say that an irrational side will win an argument?

4. How does Fromm characterize man's alienation?

5. When talking about political views in today's world, what is the question to ask?

6. What does the existence of the draft mean for countries and politicians?

7. What do the French businessmen say is the best thing the king could do for them?

8. What is the theme of "Atlas Shrugged"?

9. In the "Is Atlas Shrugging?" chapter, the author asks what question about the novel "Atlas Shrugged"?

10. Why, according to the author, do many less-developed countries hate the U.S.?

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