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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: You Have the Right to Remain Silent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Bill states at the end of Chapter 1, what is the primary responsibility of a parent?
(a) To give their children the tools to build a happy and successful life.
(b) To give their children tools to build a happy, but not necessarily successful life.
(c) To provide their children with the money and resources to build a happy and successful life.
(d) To provide their children with the money and resources to build a happy, but not necessarily successful life.

2. According to Bill, what kind of advantage do people of privilege have in finding friends?
(a) It depends on how privileged they are.
(b) They have a distinct advantage.
(c) They have no advantage.
(d) They have a slight advantage.

3. Which one of the following is not listed by Bill as a way that religion can help people?
(a) It helps people make moral distinctions.
(b) It helps people deal with stress.
(c) It helps people get through life.
(d) It helps people prosper financially.

4. What does Bill think is an example of something that the government does well?
(a) Making laws.
(b) Enforcing laws.
(c) Spending money.
(d) Fighting wars.

5. What does Bill warn leads to disaster in the second chapter?
(a) Self-delusion.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Self-indulgence.
(d) Bad advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a job did Bill's father work?

2. What does the law club that Bill references include?

3. How did Bill's father feel about his situation?

4. During the time of network bias, how many Americans supported the decision to go to war against Iraq?

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

(see the answer key)

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