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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Scott Brown earn his law degree?
(a) Boston College Law School.
(b) Yale University School of Law.
(c) Columbia School of Law.
(d) Harvard Law School.

2. Barack Obama taught constitutional law at what university?
(a) Yale University Law School.
(b) Harvard Law School.
(c) Boston College Law School.
(d) The University of Chicago Law School.

3. When did the Yom Kippur War end?
(a) November 3, 1973.
(b) October 25, 1973.
(c) October 15, 1972.
(d) September 14, 1975.

4. In December 2008, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced that he had leased out the city's parking meters for over ____________.
(a) $1 billion.
(b) $2 billion.
(c) $150 million.
(d) $200 million.

5. When was Scott Brown born?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1964.

6. Where was John McCain born?
(a) Coco Solo.
(b) Little Rock, AR.
(c) Akron, OH.
(d) Honolulu, HI.

7. What is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority (over 50%)?
(a) Upper majority.
(b) Superpower.
(c) Supermajority.
(d) Great majority.

8. Oil prices spiked to how much a barrel in 2008?
(a) $110.
(b) $149.
(c) $120.
(d) $200.

9. According to Chapter 4, Goldman-Sachs was the dominant index cornering about how much of the speculation market?
(a) One-half.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One-third.

10. The three sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike system total how many miles?
(a) 532.
(b) 154.
(c) 581.
(d) 210.

11. According to the author, __________ and other investment banks were responsible for driving up the price of oil through the commodities speculation market.
(a) Goldman-Sachs.
(b) Wachovia.
(c) Bank of America.
(d) Deutche Bank.

12. When was Barack Obama inaugurated as President of the United States?
(a) January, 1, 2009.
(b) November 15, 2008.
(c) September 20, 2008.
(d) January 20, 2009.

13. What refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than ideological notions or moralistic or ethical premises?
(a) Objectivism.
(b) Realpolitik.
(c) Conservatism.
(d) Capitalism.

14. In Chapter 5, the author was astonished to learn that all the parking meters in what city were on the block for sale?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Chicago.

15. Since the United States does not have a single-payer health care system, there are over how many health agencies, all of which have different forms and standards?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barack Obama previously served as a United States Senator from what state?

2. During the Yom Kippur War, Syria and Egypt attacked territories Israel had captured in what war?

3. According to the author, state taxes were at a five-year low when oil prices surged to how much a barrel?

4. In what year was Congress warned in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about a new world economic order?

5. Who had to withdraw from a summer calculus class in San Francisco because he couldn't afford the gas for the commute?

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