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Question 1.
The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) is a good example of a single-issue interest group.

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Question 2.
An interest-group entrepreneur is a leader who creates an organization and builds membership by overcoming the free rider problem.


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Question 3.
Membership in interest groups is fairly equal across class lines.

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Question 4.
Under current tax law, nonprofit organizations are allowed to directly lobby to influence legislation.


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Question 5.
Society can become so overwhelmed with the special benefits to interest groups that all of society's standard of living goes down.

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Question 6.
Economic interest groups dominate in Washington.

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Question 7.
Ralph Nader ran as the Public Citizen party candidate in the 2000 presidential election?

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Question 8.
Free riders are big problems for interest groups.

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Question 9.
Religious groups do not participate in lobbying in politics so as to keep separation of church and state.

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Question 10.
EMILY's List gives money to Democratic women candidates for Congress.

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