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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 what type of system is property publicly owned and controlled?

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

3. Who wins the protest at Berkeley in 1964 over a strip of land?

4. How does the author refer to a principle?

5. What does the author blame for warping students' hopes and viewpoints?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does taxation do to the marketplace?

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

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

4. When do countries not engage in wars?

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

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

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

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

9. Why, according to the author, do many less-developed countries hate the U.S.?

10. How does Fromm characterize man's alienation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between the pope's encyclical and Rand's view of capitalism? Use the text to find examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Based on the information presented in the book, do you think that Rand is a conservative or a liberal? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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