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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. Who is the author of the chapter on "Alienation"?
(a) Nathaniel Brady.
(b) Nathaniel Branden.
(c) Nathaniel Burmond.
(d) Nathaniel Burgandy.

2. Who is Louis XIV's chief adviser?
(a) Stewart.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Hawkings.
(d) Colbert.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. William Petersen is a professor of what?

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

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

4. Sometimes legislators are open to _______, a fact which bewilders the public.

5. What is the theory behind the pope's encyclical?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the author see the conflict between the Democrats and the Republicans in America?

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

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