Multiple Choice Quiz

This quiz reviews some of the topics in this chapter. The answer choices are randomized, so the quiz will be different every time you take it. For each question, select the button next to the answer you believe is correct. When you are done, click on "Submit for Grade" for your score.

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Which of the following is NOT an institution of government?
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Which of the following countries has NOT undergone a radical change in government during the twentieth century?
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Public goods
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Which of the following is NOT a public good?
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Which of the following people, while a candidate for presidential nomination of his party, espoused that "thou shall not speak ill of a fellow party member."?
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The 1989 Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
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The Social Security Act is an example of a
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Which of the following is NOT a linkage institution?
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Which of the following is NOT a policymaking institution?
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Regarding the policy agenda, it is true that
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What is the proper sequence of policy through the political system?
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The countries once part of the Soviet Union, now
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The countries once part of the Soviet Empire now
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Which of the following is NOT one of the five precepts of traditional democratic theory?
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Which theory of American democracy asserts that groups compete with each other to shape public policy, and that the result is a rough approximation of the public interest?
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Elite and class theory argues that
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Which theory of American democracy argues that groups are so strong that government is unable to act?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the "challenges to democracy" discussed in the text?
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About what fraction of the American gross domestic product is spent on government?
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Compared to conservatives, liberals favor

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