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| 1 | Wilfred M. McClay, who believes that Americans should believe in a unique American "mission," insists that there should be a constant interplay between founding ideals and current realities, and for this to happen there must be a sense of connection to |
 | A) | other cultures. |
| B) | the Founding Fathers. |
| C) | established principles. |
| D) | the past. |
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| 2 | Howard Zinn, who does not believe that Americans should believe in a unique American "mission," maintains that wars will stop when men |
| A) | rise above their own moral standards. |
| B) | discard the myth of American exceptionalism. |
| C) | refuse to fight. |
| D) | give peace a chance. |
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| 3 | Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe, who believe that the Tea Party represents a revival of America’s revolutionary ideals, identify the person who brought the modern Tea Party to the national stage as |
| A) | news commentator Rick Santelli. |
| B) | former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. |
| C) | radio personality Rush Limbaugh. |
| D) | one-time presidential candidate Martin Glass. |
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| 4 | Jill Lepore, who does not believe that the Tea Party represents a revival of America’s revolutionary ideals, explains that we cannot go back to the eighteenth century because chronology is |
| A) | like gravity. |
| B) | against us. |
| C) | too fluid. |
| D) | a fickle mistress. |
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| 5 | Jeff Madrick, who believes that bigger government is better government, reminds us that President Eisenhower, a Republican, incurred the ire of the Republican right wing when he proposed |
| A) | to expand Social Security coverage to another 10 million workers. |
| B) | a federally subsidized school lunch program. |
| C) | spending $4.2 billion on the “space race.” |
| D) | cutting the military budget by more than 30 percent. |
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| 6 | According to David Boaz, what lies as the back drop of the current economic crisis? |
| A) | Congress |
| B) | President Obama |
| C) | central banking |
| D) | state legislators |
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| 7 | President Obama speaks to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous oration from what year? |
| A) | 1963 |
| B) | 1965 |
| C) | 1971 |
| D) | 1973 |
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| 8 | According to Stiglitz, the top 1 percent of Americans control what percentage of wealth? |
| A) | 7 |
| B) | 23 |
| C) | 40 |
| D) | 99 |
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| 9 | The president was granted some authority to make war under the Constitution because James Madison successfully argued for the need to |
| A) | negotiate secretly against potentially hostile activities. |
| B) | repel sudden attacks. |
| C) | give the commander-in-chief full authority in the field. |
| D) | reinforce to the president that he is the commander-in-chief of the military. |
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| 10 | Abraham Lincoln exercised unilateral war powers as commander-in-chief with all of the following actions except |
| A) | jailing people without trial. |
| B) | enlarging the size of the army and navy. |
| C) | blockading Southern ports. |
| D) | promoting large numbers of military officers. |
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| 11 | Antonin Scalia, who believes that the courts should seek the
"original meaning" of the Constitution, asserts that the Living
Constitution does not bring |
| A) | freedom. |
| B) | equality. |
| C) | flexibility. |
| D) | rigidity. |
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| 12 | Stephen Breyer, who does not believe that the courts should seek the "original meaning" of the Constitution, in persuading people that active liberty has an important role to play in constitutional and statutory interpretation, would recommend |
| A) | ignoring the protection the Constitution grants fundamental liberties. |
| B) | radical change in current interpretive methods. |
| C) | taking Thomas Jefferson's statement, "[A]ll men are created equal," as a statement of goals that the Constitution now seeks to fulfill. |
| D) | all of the above |
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| 13 | Ezra Klein, who believes that Congress is a dysfunctional institution, points out that there was no way to shut down a filibuster in Congress until |
| A) | 1868. |
| B) | 1917. |
| C) | 1975. |
| D) | 2004. |
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| 14 | Cowan was appointed to fill the seat of what former Massachusetts Senator? |
| A) | Scott Brown |
| B) | John Kerry |
| C) | Deval Patrick |
| D) | Mitt Romney |
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| 15 | What other whistleblower does Alford believe Snowden is similar to? |
| A) | Bradley Manning |
| B) | Daniel Ellsberg |
| C) | Mark Felt |
| D) | Linda Tripp |
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| 16 | All four of Elliston’s definitions of whistleblowing refer to the: |
| A) | concealing of documents |
| B) | employment of the offender |
| C) | transfer of information |
| D) | transfer of money |
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| 17 | For every 300 college graduates, postsecondary education now produces how many dropouts? |
| A) | 50 |
| B) | 300 |
| C) | 500 |
| D) | 200 |
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| 18 | In the University of Michigan Law School case, Justice O’Connor stated that she expected that in how many years “the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today”? |
| A) | 5 |
| B) | 25 |
| C) | 50 |
| D) | 100 |
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| 19 | Who does Wendy Davis direct much of her criticism toward during her filibuster? |
| A) | George W. Bush |
| B) | Rick Perry |
| C) | Ron Paul |
| D) | Barack Obama |
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| 20 | Marc Rubio states that approximately what percentage of Americans favor some form of restrictions on abortion? |
| A) | 40 |
| B) | 70 |
| C) | 90 |
| D) | 10 |
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| 21 | How many children were killed at Sandy Hook? |
| A) | 6 |
| B) | 12 |
| C) | 20 |
| D) | 28 |
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| 22 | The Goldberg article was written in the immediate aftermath of what shooting? |
| A) | Dekalb, Illinois |
| B) | Aurora, Colorado |
| C) | Newton, Connecticut |
| D) | Oak Creek, Wisconsin |
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| 23 | According to Kathleen Sebelius, what percentage of Americans already had medical insurance prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act? |
| A) | 60 |
| B) | 85 |
| C) | 95 |
| D) | 35 |
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| 24 | In criticizing the Affordable Care Act, many have pointed to its sheer volume and size. How many pages was the bill approximately? |
| A) | 2,800 |
| B) | 3,700 |
| C) | 1,300 |
| D) | 6,100 |
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| 25 | Theodore B. Olson, who believes that same-sex marriage should be a constitutional right, reminds us that “no State shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person the equal protection of the laws,” which is clearly stated in the |
| A) | Fourteenth Amendment. |
| B) | Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford. |
| C) | Emancipation Proclamation. |
| D) | Declaration of Independence. |
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| 26 | Scalia describes the Court in what way when deciding the case? |
| A) | out of bounds |
| B) | vengeful |
| C) | tired |
| D) | hungry |
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| 27 | Anthony Kennedy, who believes that corporations have the same free speech rights as persons, points out that federal law prohibits corporations and unions from using their general treasury funds to make independent expenditures for speech defined as |
| A) | subliminal messaging. |
| B) | a campaign masquerade. |
| C) | an electioneering communication. |
| D) | blatant partisanship. |
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| 28 | John Paul Stevens, who does not believe that corporations have the same free speech rights as persons, maintains that the Framers had little trouble distinguishing |
| A) | corporations from human beings. |
| B) | content from intention. |
| C) | the private sector from the public sector. |
| D) | sentiment from reason. |
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| 29 | Bryan Stevenson, who believes that “recreational” drugs should be legalized, points out that the highest rate of incarceration in the world occurs in |
| A) | Mexico. |
| B) | the United States. |
| C) | Cuba. |
| D) | Poland. |
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| 30 | Charles Stimson, who does not believe that “recreational” drugs should be legalized, begins his argument by pointing out the addictive properties of what drug? |
| A) | Marijuana |
| B) | Cocaine |
| C) | Nicotine |
| D) | Alcohol |
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| 31 | Gregg Easterbrook, who believes we need to curb global warming, references a 1995 book about environmental issues, A Moment on Earth, in which the conclusion that rising temperatures “might be an omen or might mean nothing” is drawn by its author—namely |
| A) | Professor Larry Bell. |
| B) | himself. |
| C) | Thomas Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center. |
| D) | former Vice President Al Gore. |
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| 32 | Larry Bell, who does not believe we need to curb global warming, makes a number of references to the hacked and exposed e-mail communications among global warming researchers from the |
| A) | Arctic Natural Wildlife Preserve in Alaska. |
| B) | Climate Research Unit at Britain’s University of East Anglia. |
| C) | Climate Analysis Section of the U.S. National Center for
Atmospheric Research. |
| D) | International Climate Consortium in Greenland. |
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| 33 | The Department of Homeland Security was created in what year? |
| A) | 1997 |
| B) | 2000 |
| C) | 2002 |
| D) | 2006 |
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| 34 | Flynn argues that who often plays a key role in providing security during times of crisis? |
| A) | regular citizens |
| B) | police officers |
| C) | soldiers |
| D) | teachers |
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| 35 | According to Andrew C. McCarthy, who believes that the president may wiretap without a warrant to protect national security, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) aims to do all of the following except |
| A) | restrict the power to eavesdrop on all conversations. |
| B) | allow eavesdropping on conversations that unintentionally capture "U.S. persons" outside the United States. |
| C) | limit presidential authority. |
| D) | prohibit national-security eavesdropping without involving a federal judge. |
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| 36 | Al Gore, who does not believe that the president may wiretap without a warrant to protect national security, argues that in a properly functioning system, the "constitutional umpire" should be |
| A) | Congress. |
| B) | the Judicial Branch. |
| C) | the House and Senate. |
| D) | the president. |
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| 37 | Nicholas Eberstadt, who believes that entitlement programs are creating a culture of dependency, notes that the notorious AFDC program was replaced in the mid-1990s with: |
| A) | TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. |
| B) | welfare. |
| C) | Section 8, or housing vouchers. |
| D) | SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. |
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| 38 | William A. Galston, who does not believe that entitlement programs are creating a culture of dependency, asserts that much contemporary public policy rests on temporally extended interdependence, or, in other terms, on: |
| A) | families helping families. |
| B) | an intergenerational compact. |
| C) | short-term assistance. |
| D) | aid depending on special circumstances. |
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| 39 | Matthew Kroenig, who believes that the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, outlines the forms of retaliation Iran might consider in response to an attack by the United States on its nuclear facilities that would then provoke an escalation of hostilities; Kroenig dubs these particular forms of retaliation: |
| A) | excessive force. |
| B) | lines in the sand. |
| C) | aggressive signals. |
| D) | redlines. |
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| 40 | Colin H. Kahl, who does not believe that the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, compares attacking Iran to the preventive action taken by the United States against: |
| A) | North Korea. |
| B) | Iraq. |
| C) | Afghanistan. |
| D) | Libya. |