Explain the content of the Kurt Vonnegut story, “Player Piano.”
What will be an ideal response?
Individuals’ particular talents are balanced by the “great handicapper.” Individuals who can run particularly fast, for instance, are required to wear heavy weights to slow them down, and those who have creative gifts are required to wear earphones through which come loud and discordant noises to distract them from thinking and using that creativity.
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The most important interest group on foreign policy questions is the Council on Foreign Relations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Once Congress establishes a policy by enacting legislation, the immediate next action is taken by the:
A) legislative branch that enforces the new policy through its agencies. B) executive branch that enforces the new policy through its agencies. C) legislative branch that ensures the legislation is constitutional. D) judicial branch that ensures the legislation is constitutional. E) executive branch that evaluates the validity of the policy.
The original stated purpose of the Annapolis Convention in September 1786 was
a. to abolish the Articles of Confederation and form a new government. b. to discuss interstate commerce. c. to declare independence from England and King George III. d. to declare war on England. e. to elect the first president of the United States.
Neorealism rests heavily on which level of analysis?
a. individual b. state c. system d. domestic