Which of the Following Is Not a Reason for the Declining

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a reason for the declining levels of trust in the United States in recent years?

• A) revelations about the faulty information that led up to the war in Iraq
• B) the government's inability to get the economy moving following the recession of 2008
• C) an increase in the knowledge of how government operates
• D) the bitter congressional battle over raising the national debt limit in 2011
• E) ongoing concern about the war in Iraq during the Bush administration

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Definitions:

Taking Communion

A Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are consumed as symbols of Jesus’s body and blood, commemorating the Last Supper.

Ritual

A set of actions performed mainly for their symbolic value, prescribed by a culture or religion, to convey a specific meaning or tradition.

Jesus' Last Supper

The final meal that Jesus shared with his Apostles before his crucifixion, significant in Christian theology for its establishment of the Eucharist.

Hierarchal Polytheism

A religious belief system in which multiple gods exist, ranked in a hierarchy, where some deities are subordinate to others.