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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Pew Center, state governments collectively face what unfunded amount in liability according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) $500 billion.
(b) $16 trillion.
(c) $1 trillion.
(d) $3 trillion.

2. Contraception accounts for what percentage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's total services?
(a) 35%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 45%.

3. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
(a) $85 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $200 million.

4. What position does Arne Duncan currently hold?
(a) United States Secretary of Education.
(b) United States Secretary of The Treasury.
(c) United States Secretary of Energy.
(d) United States Secretary of Labor.

5. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?
(a) Dick Cheney.
(b) Milton Friedman.
(c) Lindsay Graham.
(d) George W. Bush.

6. Who insisted that the free market would establish the correct value of the world's currencies, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(b) Milton Friedman.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

7. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?
(a) USS Shiloh.
(b) USS Monterey.
(c) USS Chosin.
(d) USS Normandy.

8. To what political party does Michelle Bachmann belong?
(a) Communist.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Republican.
(d) Green.

9. When did the Three Mile Island accident occur?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1985.

10. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1978.

11. Bill Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of what company?
(a) Microsoft Corporation.
(b) Ebay.
(c) Amazon.
(d) Apple Inc.

12. In what year did the government end the international monetary system established in 1944 which had tied the dollar to the price of gold?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1955.

13. When was Sarah Palin born?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1975.

14. What state had been home to many of the largest defense contractors that have since been forced to close down, leaving millions unemployed?
(a) Montana.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) New Jersey.

15. Robert Stevenson family's business remains in existence where?
(a) Buffalo, New York.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(d) Bellingham, Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Bill Gates born?

2. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?

3. What percentage of adults are illiterate in Detroit, Michigan, according to the authors?

4. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?

5. How many times does the term "Jihad" appear in the Quran?

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