1. The Internet challenges James Madison's assumptions (found in Federalist No. 10) about the difficulty of forming factions in a large republic because 
A. there are no boundaries on the Internet. 
B. it is constantly growing. 
C. the Internet makes it easy for like-minded people to find each other. 
D. it encourages people to post their views on their own Web pages. 
E. the Internet is global in nature. 

2. The interests of the poor and of social welfare recipients are defended by 
A. corporate lobbies. 
B. groups organized from among these people. 
C. public interest lobbying groups funded by philanthropic organizations and wealthy individuals. 
D. no one. 
E.the courts. 

3. Studies of the party identification and ideological orientation of voters show that 
A. voters often align with parties that contradict their ideological leanings. 
B. voters tend to identify with the party that most reflects their ideological orientation. 
C. there appears to be no consistent relationship between party identification and ideology. 
D. parties have no consistent ideological positions. 
E. most voters do not have a solid party identification. 

4. A tobacco company gave money to both the Democratic and the Republican parties in 2000. What is the most plausible explanation of this behavior? 
A. Federal campaign law requires that campaign donors give to both sides. 
B. The company's board of directors had equal numbers of supporters of the two parties. 
C. The company wanted to guarantee access to whichever party won the election. 
D. The company was too large and complex to keep track of its expenditures. 
E. The company did not have a particular preference in who won the election. 

5. Having a federal, rather than a national, election means that 
A. people in different states get to choose between different presidential candidates. 
B. only the votes of U.S. taxpayers count. 
C. the electoral vote system gives weight to state results and not simply to the popular vote. 
D. faithless electors have undue power. 
E. the popular vote determines the eventual outcome.