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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) David Koresh.
(b) Jack Ruby.
(c) John Hinkley.
(d) Lee Harvey Oswald.

2. Robert Stevenson family's business was founded in what year?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1888.

3. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency end?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1989.

4. Arne Duncan stated that America was ranked what in the world in the number of college graduates per capita?
(a) Third.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) First.

5. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Partisan politics.
(d) Terrorism.

6. What is a term describing philosophies which emphasize freedom, individual liberty, voluntary association and respect of property rights?
(a) Capitolism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Libertarianism.

7. Where was Bill Gates born?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) Billings, Montana.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Austin, Texas.

8. When was Bill Clinton born?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1958.

9. According to the authors, the economic decline of America is due to the unethical and illegal activities conducted by whom?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Tea Party.
(c) Congressmen.
(d) Wall Street bankers.

10. When did the Iraq War begin?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2007.

11. What percent of Tea Party Republicans say there is no evidence of global warming, according to the authors in Chapter 10: "The War of Physics and Other Good Things"?
(a) 70.
(b) 24.
(c) 51.
(d) 33.

12. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?
(a) The China Syndrome.
(b) China Rose.
(c) China Gate .
(d) China Town.

13. What state does Michelle Bachmann represent in the United States House of Representatives?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Minnesota.

14. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?
(a) USS Normandy.
(b) USS Shiloh.
(c) USS Monterey.
(d) USS Chosin.

15. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Ayatollah Khomeini born?

2. What refers to changes to the United States tax code passed during the presidency of George W. Bush that generally lowered tax rates and revised the code specifying taxation in the United States?

3. When was Mark Zuckerberg born?

4. What periodical reported in April 2011 that research and development spending had declined steadily since the late 60s?

5. Contraception accounts for what percentage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's total services?

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