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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "laissez-nous faire" mean in English?

2. Lobbying is the act of trying to influence whom?

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

4. When is the period of McCarthyism?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the author believe about businessmen and capitalism? How are businessmen central to the author's arguments about capitalism?

Essay Topic 2

Using information provided in the text, answer the following question: What is the purpose of the individual in capitalism?

Essay Topic 3

There are several mentions of why noncapitalist countries that do not like capitalism. What are the reasons the authors give for noncapitalist nations hating and condemning capitalism? Are these reasons logical and rational based on the theories of capitalism presented in the book? Support your answer with examples from the book.

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