Question 1
1 out of 1 points
President Ronald Reagan characterized the fight against communism as not just a
political, economic, diplomatic or military struggle, but a spiritual one. In which speech did
he state, “The source of our strength in the quest for human freedom is not material, but
spiritual”?
Selected
Answer:
His “Evil Empire” speech in
1983
Question 2
0 out of 1 points
What Amish tradition does Gingrich cite as a vivid illustration of American civil society?
Selected
Answer:
Community
meals
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The right to property “is the backbone of…”
Selected
Answer:
Opportuni
ty
Question 4
0 out of 1 points
Despite the “distinctly Christian faith” of the Founders, they refrained from establishing
an official church or requiring elected officials to pass a religious test in order to serve.
Which of these was not a reason for the founders to resist establishing a state-run church
or imposing religious tests?
Selected
Answer:
Christianity teaches that every individual has the free will to choose
whether or not to believe
Question 5
0 out of 1 points
According to Charles Murray, which geographical feature is a characteristic of American
exceptionalism?
Selected
Answer:
The Mississippi
River
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
According to Charles Murray, several European observers wrote about America to their
fellow countrymen, and they all agreed that "the United States was quite unlike their own
or any other nation. It was exceptional." The most famous of these observers was:
Selected
Answer:
Alexis de
Tocqueville
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
According to Eric Metaxas, who was “the very first American hero”?
Selected
Answer:
Nathan
Hale
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
The Great Awakening established in the American colonies a new religious truth which laid
the moral foundation for the American Revolution decades later. What was that truth?
Selected
Answer:
One could have a personal, intimate relationship with God, and God alone,
not government or other worldly authorities, was the source of man’s rights.
Question 9
0 out of 1 points
American industriousness was viewed negatively by some European observers because
they believed it was closely linked to an obsession with _________________.
Selected
Answer:
wealt
h
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
According to Murray, “Daily life was different in America from daily life in Europe.” To what
did he attribute this difference?
Selected
Answer:
Civic
culture
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
According to Newt Gingrich, America’s exceptional attitude toward work is based on:
Selected
Answer:
Our Judeo-Christian
tradition
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
What must those who see American traits as positive also acknowledge?
Selected
Answer:
All of the
above
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
The great wave of spiritual revival which spread through the American colonies decades
prior to the American Revolution was called:
Selected
Answer:
The Great
Awakening
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
What was the science of “the improvement of the human race by better breeding” called?
Selected
Answer:
Eugeni
cs
Question 15
0 out of 1 points
William Wilberforce is best known for his efforts to abolish the slave trade in Great Britain.
What did he first resolve to do in order to make his efforts successful?
Selected
Answer:
Speak in Parliament against the evils of
slavery
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Gingrich declares the civil rights movement as one of the greatest triumphs of civil
society.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
Eric Metaxas says heroes are aspirational and make us “want to behave admirably.” What
neglected “habit of the heart” is “vital to our free way of life”?
Selected
Answer:
Venerating our
heroes
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
Who said “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly
inadequate to the government of any other”?
Selected
Answer:
John
Adams
Question 19
0 out of 1 points
According to Gingrich, the biggest threat to civil society today is our increasing
disconnectedness as a society.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
Question 20
1 out of 1 points
The expansion of America into the open frontier contributed to the development of
rugged _______________ as a characteristic of the American people.
Selected
Answer:
individualis
m
Question 21
1 out of 1 points
What was the primary benefit of the American system of free enterprise when compared
to the mercantilist economic systems of Europe?
Selected
Answer:
The freedom to innovate and reap the rewards of one’s
own efforts
Question 22
1 out of 1 points
The Founders, according to Murray, believed the unique form of government they created
would work in practice because of qualities already present in the American people, and
which were developed as a result of the hazards and hardships they endured to come to
and tame the American wilderness. Select the answer which best captures these qualities.
Selected
Answer:
a, c, d and f
above
Question 23
1 out of 1 points
The Roman leader Cincinnatus is “an unparalleled hero of civic virtue” for doing what?
Selected
Answer:
Voluntarily relinquishing his role as dictator after accomplishing
his mission.
Question 24
1 out of 1 points
Matthew Spalding says the founding of the United States was revolutionary because it:
Selected
Answer:
Placed political authority in the hands of
the people
Question 25
1 out of 1 points
According to Murray, many people around the world, as well as American intellectuals, are
not fond of the American personality, believing that Americans are too:
Selected
Answer:
All of the
above
Question 26
1 out of 1 points
What two founding fathers worked together to establish the legal and economic
framework which transformed the United States “from an agricultural country into the
world’s preeminent commercial and industrial power”?
Selected
Answer:
George Washington and Alexander
Hamilton
Question 27
1 out of 1 points
Rich Tucker states that America is “clearly different from other nations that don’t define
themselves on the basis of” which principle?
Selected
Answer:
Equalit
y
Question 28
1 out of 1 points
In contrast to the Declaration of Independence, philosopher John Locke proclaimed the
unalienable rights of life, liberty and _____________.
Selected
Answer:
propert
y
Question 29
1 out of 1 points
Both Gingrich and Murray cite American historian Frederick Jackson Turner. What was his
contribution to the definition of American exceptionalism?
Selected
Answer:
The “Frontier
Thesis”
Question 30
1 out of 1 points
Select the characteristics of mankind that the Founders considered in establishing our
form of government.
Selected
Answer:
c and d
above
Question 31
0 out of 1 points
According to Eric Metaxas, the founders’ most quoted source when advocating for liberty,
after the Bible, was:
Selected
Answer:
John
Locke
Question 32
1 out of 1 points
William A. Galston’s article on American exceptionalism states that America is different
from other developed democratic nations. What does he state is the heart of that
difference?
Selected
Answer:
Religio
n
Question 33
1 out of 1 points
What is “the most fundamental institution for preserving liberty”?
Selected
Answer:
The
family
Question 34
1 out of 1 points
American exceptionalism is a concept which was shared exclusively by Americans.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
Question 35
1 out of 1 points
Joseph Story, former Supreme Court justice and the first dean of the Harvard Law School,
said “the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful employment of liberty, of property, of
religion and of independence” could “perish in an hour.” By what means?
Selected
Answer:
The negligence of the
people
Question 36
1 out of 1 points
What did Matthew Spalding call “a universal and permanent standard”?
Selected
Answer:
The Laws of Nature and of
Nature’s God
Question 37
1 out of 1 points
American exceptionalism does not imply American [a] or [b].
Specified Answer
for: a
excellenc
e
Specified Answer
for: b
superiori
ty
Question 38
1 out of 1 points
English writer G.K. Chesterton declared “America is the only nation in the world that is
founded on a ______________.”
Selected
Answer:
cree
d
Question 39
1 out of 1 points
What did Edmund Burke call the voluntary associations operating independently of
government to meet community needs?
Selected
Answer:
Little
platoons
Question 40
1 out of 1 points
According to Benjamin Franklin, what has always determined a man’s worth?
Selected
Answer:
Meri
t
Question 41
1 out of 1 points
Which Supreme Court justice called “the wall of separation between church and state…a
metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to
judging”?
Selected
Answer:
William
Rehnquist
Question 42
1 out of 1 points
According to Gingrich, what undermines the traditional American work ethic?
Selected
Answer:
Government
disincentives
Question 43
1 out of 1 points
Spalding says religious liberty is essential because a free people must first govern
themselves [a] in order to govern themselves [b].
Specified Answer
for: a
morally
Specified Answer
for: b
politicall
y
Question 44
1 out of 1 points
American exceptionalism is a _________ of America’s past, not a subjective opinion.
Selected
Answer:
fac
t
Question 45
1 out of 1 points
Egalitarianism in early America was characterized by the absence of:
Selected
Answer:
Aristocra
cy
Question 46
0 out of 1 points
Galston states it will be difficult for political parties to balance new policies and religious
liberty because a recent survey suggests the country is:
Selected
Answer:
More
secularized
Question 47
1 out of 1 points
The eugenics movement was widely advocated in American academic circles and
eventually adopted in the wider American culture. By 1940, how many states had adopted
compulsory sterilization laws?
Selected
Answer:
More than
30
Question 48
1 out of 1 points
Liberty belongs exclusively to the United States and is not a universal principle.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
Question 49
1 out of 1 points
American exceptionalism is permanent.
