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

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

3. 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 altruism.
(d) The man with the most consistent behavior.

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

5. What is the name of the philosopher who introduces the concept of alienation?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Livingston.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Jung.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author present in her book "Atlas Shrugged" that is reflected in current events?

2. For the author, the Cold War is a type of what warfare?

3. In the U.S., the economic system isn't a pure capitalist system but is what?

4. The author believes Democrats and Republican are what type of actors?

5. When the author examines the situation in Viet Nam, the author reveals the belief that there is no _____ ______ for the U.S. there.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason, according to the author, that capitalism is having trouble sustaining itself?

2. What do Republicans and Democrats claim about their side in the fight to save civilization?

3. Who comes and helps the students protest in Berkeley in 1964?

4. What is one definition of capitalism that its supporters might use?

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

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

7. How is property dealt with in fascism?

8. How does Fromm characterize man's alienation?

9. What does the pope's encyclical say about work?

10. What brings about an intellectual movement's collapse?

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