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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lobbyists are required to register with whom?
(a) The business associations.
(b) The banks.
(c) The government.
(d) The United Nations.

2. What do liberals and conservatives, according to the author, agree that there is a fight to save?
(a) Families.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Society.
(d) America.

3. Governor Romney says we do not have a system of capitalism but of what?
(a) Consumerism.
(b) Protectionism.
(c) Retaliation.
(d) Regulation.

4. Who wins the protest at Berkeley in 1964 over a strip of land?
(a) The chancellor.
(b) The protesters.
(c) The students.
(d) The professors.

5. When the author examines the situation in Viet Nam, the author reveals the belief that there is no _____ ______ for the U.S. there.
(a) National interest.
(b) Public interest.
(c) Social interest.
(d) Pressing interest.

6. What is the name of the philosopher who introduces the concept of alienation?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Livingston.
(c) Jung.
(d) Hegel.

7. When is isolationism prevalent in the U.S.?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1930s.

8. The author believes that Louis XIV creates a welfare state and ruins what?
(a) The international trade of silk.
(b) The international market.
(c) The domestic product.
(d) The domestic economy.

9. Who is Louis XIV's chief adviser?
(a) Hawkings.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Colbert.

10. Who do lobbyists work for?
(a) The public.
(b) The individual.
(c) The businesses.
(d) The special-interest groups.

11. What is the theory behind the pope's encyclical?
(a) Rich nations have a duty to help poor nations.
(b) Rich nations need to help poor nations so that all humans are equal.
(c) Rich nations should be equitable when helping poor nations.
(d) Rich nations should help poor nations because it is fair.

12. Who are the second scapegoats in a statist society, according to the author?
(a) Thinkers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Professors.
(d) Doctors.

13. Who does the author feel is the biggest loser in the foreign-aid program?
(a) Britain.
(b) The semi-developed nations.
(c) The underdeveloped nations.
(d) The U.S.

14. What does the author believe is the basis for a mixed economy?
(a) Regulation.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Compromise.
(d) Businesses.

15. Lobbying is the act of trying to influence whom?
(a) Legislators.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Owners.
(d) Capital markets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When there is a conflict among groups that do not have the same principles, which does the author predict will win?

2. When Louis XIV rules, what kind of government does he have?

3. What does the author believe determines the course of history?

4. How do irrational entities benefit from the United Nations, according to the author?

5. According to the author, the conflict for liberals and conservatives is between the state and whom?

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