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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 was the primary weakness of Bill's father?
(a) His inability to trust anyone.
(b) His inability to trust family.
(c) His inability to trust friends.
(d) His inability to trust friends and family.

2. According to Bill, what is considered "oppressive" in public schools?
(a) The teaching of morality.
(b) The curriculum in schools located in wealthier neighborhoods.
(c) The teaching of history.
(d) The competitive games in gym class.

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

4. What is the difference in the budget for the "Big Dig" highway and the actual cost of it?
(a) It was budgeted at $8.4 billion and cost over $14 billion.
(b) It was budgeted at $7.8 billion and cost over $12 billion.
(c) It was budgeted at $2.6 billion and cost over $15 billion.
(d) It was budgeted at $5.6 billion and cost over $10 billion.

5. What have secularists made nearly impossible to exist?
(a) Public freedom of religion.
(b) Laws defending religion.
(c) Private freedom of religion.
(d) Laws encouraging religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has student morality been affected by the increase of secularism?

2. When Who's Looking Out for You? was written, how many unaccountable illegal aliens were estimated to be in the country?

3. As Bill states at the end of Chapter 1, what is the primary responsibility of a parent?

4. How does Bill describe many of the adults in the United States?

5. According to Bill in Chapter 2, what intensifies the behavior of adults?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the media fuel the selfish behavior of people in Bill's opinion?

2. How does Bill describe his own childhood?

3. What is the controversial ruling of the California Circuit Court of Appeals and how is Christmas being included in the battle for religion?

4. According to Bill, what type of pity do people spend too much time having? Why is that counterproductive in building good relationships?

5. How did Bill's Catholic School experience contrast with his friends who attended public school?

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

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

8. What problem does Bill Moyers have?

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

10. How does Bill describe President Bush?

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