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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. When the investors realize they have a problem and they all try to get out of the market, what results?

2. The author believes that businessmen take the blame for what?

3. The most successful railroads, according to the author, do what?

4. What do patents and copyright protect?

5. What subject does Stewart Holbrook write about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alan Greenspan describe a business world with antitrust laws?

2. How are businessmen persecuted?

3. How is intellectual property different than physical property?

4. How does a government protect its citizens?

5. According to the author, how is science collapsing?

6. What is the concept of man that underlies statism?

7. What does capitalism do to the standard of living?

8. How would the consumer be protected in a true capitalist market?

9. What is the Homestead Act?

10. What does the author believe happens if a nation doesn't respect the rights of its citizens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author believes that the fundamental question used to evaluate a social system is whether or not the system acknowledges individual rights and bars the use of physical force, and whether or not man is a free individual or the property of the tribe. Evaluate the social and economic systems presented in this book using this question. Use appropriate examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Based on the information given in this book, do men work better in an atmosphere of freedom rather than one of coercion? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Rand feel the U.S. system is headed for fascism? What arguments and evidence does she present to support her view? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

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