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

2. What does the author blame for warping students' hopes and viewpoints?
(a) Lack of moral grounding.
(b) Modern philosophy.
(c) Modern sociology.
(d) The professors.

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

4. Who is the governor of California when the protest at Berkeley in 1964 occurs?
(a) Davis.
(b) Brown.
(c) Deukmejian.
(d) Reagan.

5. According to Fromm, what intensifies alienation?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. McCarthyism is named for a senator from where?

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

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

4. Who takes the concept of alienation and applies it to the worker?

5. The author believes that the _______ of man is responsible for production and prosperity.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is idealistic hypocrisy, according to Brown?

6. What meaning does the author give to the idea that public interest supersedes private interests and rights?

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

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

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

10. What does taxation do to the marketplace?

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