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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Attendance at school became mandatory in all states in:
(a) 1918
(b) 1875
(c) 1923
(d) 1900

2. The first schools were:
(a) `public with mandatory attendance
(b) public with voluntary attendance
(c) private with voluntary attendance
(d) private with mandatory attendance

3. In the mid-nineteenth century, the intellectual beliefs favored:
(a) free trade and private enterprise
(b) limited international trade
(c) public ownership
(d) government control of the economy

4. Private education prevailed until the:
(a) 1950s
(b) 1930s
(c) 1920s
(d) 1940s

5. As a result of inflation:
(a) one dollar buys more goods and services
(b) one dollar buys fewer goods and services
(c) consumers buy more goods and services
(d) consumers feel richer

6. The amount of time from the increase in the quantity of money and the rise in prices is about:
(a) eighteen months
(b) six months
(c) one year
(d) immediate

7. Parents who send their children to private schools:
(a) still pay taxes for public schools
(b) pay a lower amount of taxes for public schools
(c) pay not taxes for public schools
(d) none of the above

8. Which of the following is not a way of rationing high paying jobs:
(a) nepotism
(b) hiring anyone
(c) featherbedding
(d) corruption

9. What program would allow greater choices for parents?
(a) being able to select any school
(b) the school voucher program
(c) making all education private
(d) sending children to private schools

10. To improve their position, railroads engaged in:
(a) rate fixing
(b) promotions
(c) intensive advertising
(d) good service

11. What items have not functioned as money over time:
(a) metals
(b) dirt
(c) Cowrie shells
(d) beads

12. In Western nations, when a government doesn't achieve its economic goals:
(a) nothing happens
(b) they keep trying
(c) there is usually a change of regimes
(d) the situation continues

13. The growth of bureaucracy leads to:
(a) lower costs
(b) greater efficiency
(c) a conflict between desired objectives
(d) faster resolution of problems

14. The Environmental Protection Agency was formed in:
(a) 1975
(b) 1972
(c) 1970
(d) 1966

15. One of the big complaints of parents is that they:
(a) parents are asked to do too much with the school given their busy schedules
(b) spend too much time in parent-teacher conferences
(c) have little control or choice regarding their children's education
(d) the school day is too short

Short Answer Questions

1. Inflation results when:

2. The trucking industry was brought under ICC jurisdiction in:

3. Steps to limit the growth of government and spending have included all but:

4. All but one of the following are the result of the growth of government:

5. Most of the funding for public education is provided by the:

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