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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill think many people make excuses for?
(a) Wanting bad people in their lives.
(b) Listening to bad people in their lives.
(c) Keeping bad people in their lives.
(d) Looking for bad people to include in their lives.

2. Which university tried to make it mandatory for all freshman students to read a book about the Koran?
(a) The University of South Carolina.
(b) The University of North Carolina.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The University of Minnesota.

3. Which one of the following is not one of the reasonable guidelines that parents should have?
(a) Earning a high income.
(b) Always being available.
(c) Limiting media influences.
(d) Showing the value of education.

4. How did Congressman Torricelli's scandalizing of the CIA hurt the country?
(a) It caused external anti-terrorism intelligence to stop.
(b) It caused internal anti-terrorism intelligence to stop.
(c) It caused a massive amount of spending for the CIA trial.
(d) It caused other countries to dislike us.

5. Which one of the following does Bill not consider a good journalist?
(a) John Stossel.
(b) Dan Rather.
(c) Tim Russert.
(d) Peter Jennings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point about the media does Bill make at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. According to Bill, what types of images and sounds flood television and radio?

3. Which company does Bill use as an example of the government's inability to run an effective business?

4. What is the key given in Chapter 2 to attracting good friendships?

5. What changed the self-reliant attitude of the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Bill, what is the primary responsibility of a parent? What makes it difficult?

2. According to Bill, how has the term "diversity" been misused for political agendas?

3. How does Bill describe President Bush?

4. What example does Bill use to show the danger of illegal immigration and the government's unwillingness to deal with it?

5. What are some of the guidelines Bill suggests to parents in Chapter 1?

6. How does the media coverage break down in terms of coverage and bias?

7. What are the differences between the country today and a hundred years ago? What caused the changes?

8. How did Congressman Torricelli damage the country by scandalizing the CIA?

9. How does Bill think that people can attract and maintain good friendships?

10. What was the weakness of Bill's father? What did Bill learn from him?

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