28. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 28: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

**Quiz for Document 28.3: Tony Auth, Cartoon, Philadelphia Inquirer (ca. 1988)**

Quiz for Document 28.3: Tony Auth, Cartoon, Philadelphia Inquirer (ca. 1988)

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1. Tony Auth’s cartoon suggests that he held which of the following beliefs about Ronald Reagan’s proposal for a Strategic Defense Initiative?

Auth believes that SDI is scientifically feasible but too expensive.

Auth believes that SDI is economically feasible but not scientifically possible.

Auth believes that SDI is scientifically impossible and Ronald Reagan knows it.

Auth believes that Reagan is foolish in thinking that SDI can be achieved.

2. What does Auth suggest about how Reagan’s enthusiasm over SDI has affected his presidency?

It has caused the Reagan administration to drive up the federal deficit to unprecedented levels.

It has led Reagan to discard time-honored approaches to international relations in favor of science fiction.

It has excited Reagan and kept him young at heart, making him more effective in the domestic and international arenas.

It has distracted Reagan and prevented him from addressing the economic and social problems facing Americans at home.

3. In this cartoon, Tony Auth depicts Ronald Reagan as

a schoolboy reading science fiction and daydreaming about space technology.

a hardworking president who relaxes in his spare time with books and movies.

a senile old man who has forgotten the differences between dreams and reality.

a former actor who spent so much time in the movies that he has lost track of science.

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