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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show was Bill on when he had a heated discussion about celebrity responsibilities?

2. Where does Bill think the television and Internet access should be in a house with children?

3. What did Clinton do as President when he received information that Al Qaeda was a threat?

4. How are parents seen when they speak out against promiscuous celebrities?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bill describe President Bush?

3. According to Bill, what kind of an advantage do people of privilege have in attracting friends?

4. Which journalists does Bill think are good at their job? How should journalists approach the news in general?

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

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

7. What problem does Bill Moyers have?

8. How does Bill describe his own childhood?

9. How did Bill confront the United Way for their incompetence? What happened afterward?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using Bill's analysis as a reference, explain how the government was run a hundred years ago in comparison to the way it is being run today. Include the point in history where the government's involvement in people's lives changed, why, and what the result was for the country. Provide examples about how the excessive entitlement spending and corruption in the government is in direct contrast to the foundation of the country that was established.

Essay Topic 2

The bias of the network news coverage and the newspapers is an area that Bill has studied and analyzed thoroughly.

- Analyze the major newspapers and their biases in reporting the news and why newspapers in general are in decline.

- Explain the different approaches to the news taken by the networks and cable news stations.

- Describe how Fox News sets itself apart from other stations, and why Bill's show, The O'Reilly Factor, is the most watched cable news show on television.

Essay Topic 3

As Bill explains in Who's Looking Out For You?, the Iraq war was unfortunately turned into a divisive issue that triggered both support and criticism.

- Analyze Bill's reasons for supporting the war and the logic behind them.

- Describe the media's objections to the war and the examples that Bill uses to show the hypocrisy of those objections.

- Explain two examples of celebrities/broadcasters that incorrectly judged the war and how they were proven wrong.

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