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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Seeds, December 11, 1906 - May 15, 1939.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What law was repealed during the first chapter "Seeds"?
(a) Jim Crow laws.
(b) The Equal Rights Amendment.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) The Homestead Act.

2. When does the period Ross covers in 'Unintended Consequences' begin?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1891.

3. What law did the judge believe the law he struck down violated?
(a) The Fourteenth Amendment.
(b) Second Amendment.
(c) The First Amendment.
(d) The Fourth Amendment.

4. What is Ross emphasizing by placing his focus on this narrative?
(a) The need to regulate gun ownership.
(b) The right to own guns.
(c) The danger of gun ownership.
(d) The importance of gun ownership.

5. What do Ad Topperwine and the designer support?
(a) Arming insurgencies.
(b) Individual gun ownership.
(c) Selling weapons to foreign countries.
(d) Government gun regulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ad Topperwine have in common with the designer?

2. What theme runs through the first chapter?

3. What are federal agents looking for in the first chapter?

4. What is Ad Topperwine testing in the first chapter?

5. Who did Ad Topperwine work for?

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