Final Exam - The Politics of Peace

Politics of Peace

American University

Spring Semester ’06

Prof. Colman McCarthy

Printed on the following 2 pages are 13 thoughts of writers whose statements have been read aloud, emphasized and discussed in class. Match the names of the writers

with their statements. Write the names on the left of the statements. In several cases, one writer has two or more statements.

In alphabetical order, the writers are:

Willie Darden

Marie Deans

Kerry Kennedy

Martin Luther King, Jr.

William Kuntsler

Alice Walker

For grading, 11, 12 or 13 correct answers: A

6, 7 or 8: C

3, 4 or 5: D

0, 1 or 2: F

On the final page are three bonus questions. A correct answer will cancel an incorrect answer in the multiple choice section. If you are confident that your multiple choice answers are correct, you may skip the bonus questions.

Bonus questions

As discussed in class, what is the difference between practical pacifism and spiritual pacifism?

As discussed in class, what is the difference between hot violence and cold violence?

As discussed in class, what is the difference between tax resistance and tax evasion?

In the class discussion on the Vietnam war, 15 similarities between that war and the current war in Iraq were offered. List 10.