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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on Bill's advice in Chapter 9, what is very important in self-discipline?
(a) Impatience and control of situations.
(b) Patience and control of situations.
(c) Self-control and impatience.
(d) Self-control and patience.

2. How does Bill describe the Fox News Channel's coverage of the Iraq War when comparing it to the competitors?
(a) Much more optimistic.
(b) Much more intelligent.
(c) Slightly more optimistic.
(d) Slightly more intelligent.

3. What did Bill's show, The Factor, compare leading up to the war?
(a) Book sales.
(b) Book titles.
(c) Newspaper headlines.
(d) Newspaper sales.

4. As Bill explains in Chapter 8, in a politically correct world, what happens when a white person attempts to discuss minority statistics?
(a) They are ridiculed.
(b) They are ignored.
(c) They are taken seriously.
(d) They are called a racist.

5. What was the result of the policies during the time Bill's grandfather worked with the police?
(a) The streets were neither safer nor more dangerous.
(b) The streets were more dangerous.
(c) The crime rates were not analyzed back then.
(d) The streets were safer.

6. How does the law "club" that Bill describes operate?
(a) It operates above the law half of the time and within the law the other half of the time.
(b) Within the law.
(c) Mostly within the law, except for a few exceptions.
(d) Above the law.

7. When did Bill begin analyzing the network coverage of the Iraq War?
(a) One month after it started.
(b) The day it started.
(c) One year after it started.
(d) Six months after it started.

8. When did Bill plan on leaving Inside Edition?
(a) After the fifth season.
(b) After the sixth season.
(c) After the fourth season.
(d) After the seventh season.

9. During the time of network bias, how many Americans supported the decision to go to war against Iraq?
(a) The country was split.
(b) A majority.
(c) The views of Americans were not analyzed.
(d) A minority.

10. According to Bill, what question should you ask when someone is talking to you?
(a) How can this hurt me?
(b) How can this benefit me?
(c) Does it make sense?
(d) Does it represent an agenda?

11. How did Bill consider Peter Jennings while at ABC?
(a) Only a friend.
(b) A powerful ally and friend.
(c) Neither a friend nor an ally.
(d) Only a powerful ally.

12. What took Bill several years to learn?
(a) How to combat corruption in the broadcast news business.
(b) How to look natural on television.
(c) Which angles to use when being filmed for television.
(d) Which people to get advice from before appearing on television.

13. What other war does Bill use to reveal Cronkite's hypocrisy?
(a) The Gulf War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) Vietnam.

14. What did the defense lawyers unethically ignore in the case that Bill complained about?
(a) The verdict.
(b) The jury's request.
(c) Their client's guilt.
(d) The judge's request.

15. How does Bill describe Pope John Paul II's objections to the Iraq War?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Expected.
(c) Troubling.
(d) Uncharacteristic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bill, what should a person work to do?

2. When someone makes a mistake, how does Bill think they should respond?

3. Although people should think for themselves, how does Bill think they should ask for advice?

4. Based on Bill's analysis, how many networks had an overwhelmingly biased coverage featuring anti-war protesters?

5. What did Hussein's actions threaten, increasing the importance for war?

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