Ability to Liberally Connect Dots

Ability to Liberally Connect Dots

This is a test to see if the examinee can process information, consistent with the philosophy that seems to govern liberalism.   A high score might even qualify you for political office or at least as a spokesperson for liberal causes, without the annoying need to lie about your perceptions.

1.     If you have a sore tooth, you would see a

a.     lawyer

b.     obstetrician

c.      dentist

d.     none of the above

2.     If your car does NOT stop when you apply the brakes, you would see a

a.     doctor

b.     mechanic

c.      postal employee

d.     none of the above

3.     If you are running out of money, you would

a.     get a second job

b.     spend more

c.      rob a neighbor

d.     none of the above

4.     If the economy is not working well and you want advice, you would

a.  call on a person who has never had a regular job

b.  call on a successful business person

c.  call on a person who has invested in a series of unsuccessful green companies

d.  none of the above

5.     If you want to create a winning baseball team, you would

a.     give raises to the worst players

b.     blame the best players for losing

c.      blame George Bush for ruining the field

d.     none of the above

6.     If you want people to work harder, you would give more to

a.     the people who work hard

b.     the people who do not work hard

c.      your friends and don’t worry about who works hard or not, friendship is more important

d.     none of the above

7.     If you are trying to build positive community spirit, you would

a.     praise everyone

b.     criticize people who play by the rules

c.      punish those who are successful and reward those who are not

d.     all of the above

8.     Who is most likely to be a racist and anti-Semite, a person

a.     who attends a racist and anti-Semitic church

b.     whose principle spiritual advisor is a racist and anti-Semite

c.      whose church gives a big award to a famous racist and anti-Semite

d.     all of the above

9.     Suppose that two people have funded a number of businesses and most of X’s choices went bankrupt and Y made mostly good choices. This would mean that

a.     X and Y are equally good judges of businesses

b.     X was a better businessperson because he or she really wanted their choices to succeed

c.      Y used money from voluntary investors and this was foolish because they could have lost money

d.     none of the above

10. Your job is to consider the following facts and then answer the question below which asks what conclusion you draw:

* His father was a member of religion M in which the children take the religion of the father.

* In 3^rd grade the child said he was a member of that same religion M

* He said the sounds of that religion were the most beautiful sounds

* He went on a visit to a number of countries that practice religion M

* When he returned from the visit he changed his name to a version that is common in religion M

* He joined a church that has a close affiliation with that religion M

* His church gave a big award to a racist and anti-Semitic member of religion M

* A college acquaintance says he was a member of religion M

* When he visits countries that practice religion M, he gives talks in which he hints he is a member of religion M

* When he visited one country that is the most prominent to religion M, he bowed deeply to the head of that religion

* He has taken steps to forbid public criticism of religion M

* He blamed a C-person who criticized religion M for the violence committed by persons who are members of religion M

* He has sponsored prominent religious events celebrating religion M

* He has exaggerated the history of religion M in his country

* He has criticized a country that is an enemy of religion M

* He has said that people in that country should not build housing in the areas that he thinks should be housing people of religion M

* He has said one of his closest allies and personal friend and advisor on raising his daughters is a prominent and extreme member of religion M

* He has rarely been seen practicing that religion

* He said he is a member of religion C

Now the challenge is to choose the most likely conclusion (connect the dots):

a.     He must be a member of religion C

b.     He is a member of both religion M and C, but at different times

c.      He is a member of religion M

d.     None of the above

11. Consider the following facts and then answer the question below:  Note that these questions have to do with people of two different colors – B and W

* He criticizes a policeman of color W for stopping a resident of color B who was found breaking into a home

* His assistant stopped a lawsuit charging some members of B-group from threatening W members to keep them from voting

* He supported a young B person who was on probation from school for violent anti-social behavior after the B person tried to attack a W person

* He was a member of a B-church whose B minister is famous for criticizing W-people

* That minister was claimed to be his primary spiritual advisor for 20 years

* Whenever he is himself criticized, his friends claim that racism is the reason for the attack

Now the challenge is to choose the most likely conclusion (connect the dots)

a.     he does not like W people

b.     he does not like B people

c.      he does not like anyone.

d.     None of the above

12. If you really want the sum to be 5 and you are faced with two 2s and you are asked for the sum, you can

a.     claim that they were very large 2s and therefore the answer is 5

b.     claim that 2 plus 2 has always been 5

c.      claim that it is Bush’s fault that it is 4

d.     none of the above

13.  Suppose you borrow 5 dollars from a person and you promise to pay back the loan plus 50 cents.  In a month you pay them back the 5 dollars but they only ask for 25 cents extra.   You conclude:

      a.  you made a profit of 25 cents

      b.  you still owe them 25 cents

      c.   they now owe you 25 cents

      d.  none of the above

14.  The following are a series of statements.   Mark each as true or false

T  F      If you are driving a car and it runs over and kills a child it is the car’s fault

T  F      If you are playing baseball and you throw your bat and it hits a kid, it is the bats fault

T  F      none of the above

15.  If you have two guns and want to buy a third, but are stopped from doing so, you now have

      a.  fewer guns than you did before

      b.  the same number of guns you had before

      c.  more guns than you had before

      d.  none of the above

16.  If you were the person who stopped the purchase of a new gun, you have

      a.  decreased the number of guns in circulation

      b.  prevented a murder

      c.  made arrangements for someone who has a gun to follow you around

      d. none of the above

17.   Please complete the following sequence of numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.9

      a.   10

      b.   it can be anything it wants to be

      c.   it is a racist question and I refuse to answer

      d.  none of the above

18.  If you have an allowance of 10 dollars per week now and you go to your Mom and Dad and ask for a raise to 12 dollars, and your Mom says OK, but your Dad says you can only have 11 dollars, you conclude:

      a.  your Mom wants to keep you salary where it is

      b.  your Dad wants to cut your salary by half

      c.   they must have made their decisions at a tea party because otherwise they should just give you 13 dollars

      d.  none of the above

19.  If you slow the rate of increase in a debt, after 3 years it:

      a. will cease to exist

      b. it will no longer be available to spend

      c.  huh?

      d. none of the above

20.  If you want young people to be employable, you would

      a.  raise the cost of hiring them

      b.  talk about how much you want young people to have jobs

            c.   criticize any company that does not hire a young person

            d.  all of the above

           

21.  Did Thomas Jefferson, after the passage of the 2^nd amendment, go to George Washington and tell George he would have to register his rifles, turn in his pistols, and it was illegal for him to carry a weapon on his person?   

      a.  Yes, but he was very tactful in doing so

      b.  Yes, and he explained that it was for George’s own good

      c.  George was pleased that someone was taking an interest in his affairs

      d.  none of the above

22.  Do you see any pattern here:  Taking the property of a person and giving it to someone else who will pay higher taxes, interpreting the civil rights act as permitting racist policies as long as the “right” group is benefitted, applying the commerce clause to an action that is done on one’s own property and involves no commerce, ruling that one-man one vote is the rule of the land in apparent ignorance of how election for the Senate occurs, forbidding people to drink really large sodas…..

      a.  yes, they are all efforts to do the right thing to help people who need help doing the right thing

      b.  no, I see nothing unusual here

      c.  no, there is no larger principal being violated

      d.  none of the above

25.  If the rate of increase in funding an activity that you support is decreased, has the amount of funding decreased?

      a.  huh?

      b.  yes

      c.   we need more information to answer this question

      d.  all of the above

Scoring the test:

Twenty-five (25) points if you genuinely feel that you knew the answers.

Twenty (20) points if you were not sure about the answer some of the time

Fifteen (15) points if you muttered while you took this test

Ten (10) points if you had to get up and go to the bathroom before finishing test

Five (5) points is you went to a friend and engaged in a rant about “stupid” questions

For those of you who scored high, congratulations on trying really, really hard and caring so deeply.  Thinking does not really substitute for caring, but it does have its place.   J