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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. In response to the claim that the superiority of communism is scientifically proven, the American answer is that the U.S. system is based on what?

2. According to the author, smears fall into the category known as what?

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

4. What kind of medicine is part of the British economic system?

5. Who is Louis XIV's chief adviser?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is property dealt with in fascism?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What are anti-concepts, and what role does the author feels they play in today's economic and political societies? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The author believes that the fundamental question used to evaluate a social system is whether or not the system acknowledges individual rights and bars the use of physical force, and whether or not man is a free individual or the property of the tribe. Evaluate the social and economic systems presented in this book using this question. Use appropriate examples from the text to support your answer.

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