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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: God Help Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did singer, Julio Iglesias snub his own son?
(a) As a joke.
(b) For media attention.
(c) To prevent his son from pursuing a music career.
(d) To prove a point.

2. Why does Bill state he goes to church?
(a) He likes the people who also go to church.
(b) He likes to believe in an eternal life.
(c) He thinks it makes him a better person than those who do not go.
(d) He does not believe in working on Sundays.

3. In the examples given in Chapter 1, the children's services department in which state allowed a child to fall through the cracks?
(a) Illinois.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Vermont.

4. What has the phrase, "Christmas holiday" been replaced with by some schools?
(a) Solstice vacation.
(b) Winter vacation.
(c) Winter holiday.
(d) Solstice holiday.

5. How does Bill describe many of the adults in the United States?
(a) Self-absorbed and superficial.
(b) Neither self-absorbed nor superficial.
(c) Self-absorbed, but not superficial.
(d) Superficial, but not self-absorbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill warn leads to disaster in the second chapter?

2. What kind of a problem does Bill Moyers of PBS have?

3. How does Bill describe CNN's coverage?

4. According to Bill in Chapter 2, what should people not allow to define who they are?

5. How does Bill view the media in the cultural battle taking place?

(see the answer key)

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