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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 when smears take place, they are generally aimed at what?
(a) Political campaigns.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Beliefs in values or principles.

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

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

4. How do irrational entities benefit from the United Nations, according to the author?
(a) By being subservant to rational entities.
(b) By being influenced by rational entities.
(c) By being associated with rational entities.
(d) By being dominant of rational entities.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the author feel is the biggest loser in the foreign-aid program?

3. What does the John Birch Society call Eisenhower?

4. Governor Romney says we do not have a system of capitalism but of what?

5. The author believes that society today is headed toward what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the debate at the Republican National Convention over the John Birch Society calling Eisenhower a Communist create?

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

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

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

5. How is property dealt with in fascism?

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

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

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

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

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

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