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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the current rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation?
(a) Global conditioning.
(b) Global warming.
(c) Global integration.
(d) Ice age.

2. According to the authors, the Tea Party gained strength in what year when one of its leaders declared that he had no experience in politics but added, "Look where the experts got us"?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2008.

3. 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) 51.
(c) 33.
(d) 24.

4. According to the authors, Ronald Reagan was against deficits and raised taxes how many times during his eight years in office?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

5. Who tried to imagine what it would have been like if there had been a 24/7 cable news cycle when the Constitution was being written in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?
(a) Milton Friedman.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Lindsay Graham.
(d) Dick Cheney.

6. The Iranian Revolution led to the conflict between the Sunni Muslims and what denomination of Islam?
(a) Yazdânism.
(b) Shia Islam.
(c) Ahmadiyya.
(d) Quranists.

7. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?
(a) Jihad.
(b) Heyya.
(c) Salam.
(d) Madrasah.

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

9. When did Michelle Bachmann drop out of the bid for U.S. Presidency during the 2012 campaign?
(a) January, 2012.
(b) February, 2012.
(c) December, 2011.
(d) September, 2011.

10. In a report entitled, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," which was requested by Congress in 2005, statistics showed that funding of R&D as a percentage of GDP had declined by what percentage over forty years?
(a) 80%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 75%.

11. Who do the authors assert is a political icon for the Republican Party?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

12. According to the authors, although nearly 70 percent of high school graduates enroll in college, what percentage of those students graduate?
(a) 75%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 60%.

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

14. When was Mark Zuckerberg born?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1984.

15. Paul O'Neill was fired in what year for his public disagreement with the administration?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Michelle Bachmann represent in the United States House of Representatives?

2. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?

3. When was the Ayatollah Khomeini born?

4. Robert Stevenson family's business remains in existence where?

5. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?

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