What characterized the main economic failure of communism?

a. Inability to match the West in quality and availability of consumer goods
b. Inability to match the West in amount of industrial output
c. Inability to match the West in equality of income distribution
d. Inability to match the West in eliminating unemployment


Answer: a. Inability to match the West in quality and availability of consumer goods

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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All of the following statements are true of Martin Luther EXCEPT:

a. He was an Augustinian monk, an ordained priest, and a professor of the New Testament in northeastern Germany. b. He had a strong sense of sin, confessing daily and performing extensive penance. c. He wrote a letter to his archbishop itemizing practices he considered contrary to scripture. d. His written communications to Church officials were usually in vernacular German.

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