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

2. In what type of system is property privately owned but controlled by the government?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Regulatorism.
(d) Oligarchies.

3. 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.

4. The author believes that society today is headed toward what?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Guild socialism.
(d) Fascism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, smears fall into the category known as what?

2. William Petersen is a professor of what?

3. McCarthyism is named for a senator from where?

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

5. According to the author, many less-developed countries feel ______ by capitalism.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one definition of capitalism that its supporters might use?

2. What does the existence of the draft mean for countries and politicians?

3. What do Republicans and Democrats claim about their side in the fight to save civilization?

4. What meaning does the author give to the idea that public interest supersedes private interests and rights?

5. What brings about an intellectual movement's collapse?

6. What does the pope's encyclical say motivates capitalism?

7. How is property dealt with in fascism?

8. What does the debate at the Republican National Convention over the John Birch Society calling Eisenhower a Communist create?

9. What is the theme of "Atlas Shrugged"?

10. When does the author say that an irrational side will win an argument?

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