In the prisoner’s dilemma, someone usually confesses in order to ______.

a. avoid the worst possible outcome
b. gain the best possible outcome
c. help a partner get the best possible outcome
d. help a partner avoid the worst possible outcome


a. avoid the worst possible outcome

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If the president does not act on a bill within ten days of being passed and if Congress has adjourned, the bill

a. temporarily becomes law until the start of the next legislative session. b. becomes law. c. must be approved by the Conference Committee. d. goes to the Supreme Court for judicial review. e. dies under a pocket veto.

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8 Administrative law is the fastest growing area of law

a. true b. false

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Which of the following is NOT true regarding religion?

a. Issues of concern to the religious generally do not involve dividing up the economic pie. b. Jews are strongly Democratic. c. Catholics are less conservative than are Protestants. d. Catholics are strongly Republican. e. Secularists tend to be more supportive of abortion rights than are fundamentalists.

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Nigerian ethnic differences and tensions were exacerbated by the British policy of __________

a. post-colonial monopolization b. direct rule c. financial sequestration d. divide and rule

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