Ralph Nader: "An Unreasonable Man" Quiz

Answer: Unsafe At Any Speed

"Unsafe at Any Speed" helped to expose General Motor's Chevrolet Corvair, with its tendency to crash as one of the most unsafe cars on the road at that time.

"Manufacturing Consent" is by Noam Chomsky and analyzes the propaganda model which dominates the American mass media.

"The Peoples History of the United States" is the famous history book by Howard Zinn which shows the underside of American History, such as the extermination of the American Indians, enslavement of African Americans and the oppression of workers and the poor.

"Democracy for the Few" by Michael Parenti is a political science textbook which examines American politics from a Marxist viewpoint.

Answer: The Nation

Nader criticized the automobile industry in an article for "The Nation" magazine, "The Safe Car You Can't Buy." Nader had earlier written articles on consumer safety for the Harvard Law Record, a student publication for Harvard Law School.

Answer: Princeton

After graduating a private post secondary school, called The Gilbert School, Nader was accepted at Princeton University. Nader was offered a scholarship, but his father turned it down, saying that it should go to a student who really needed it. Nader graduated magna cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of public and international affairs in 1955, and then was accepted at Harvard Law School, where Nader received his Bachelor of Law degree in 1958.

Answer: Lebanon

Ralph Nader's parents Natrha and Rose Nader had immigrated from Lebanon and were members of the Maronite Church and native speakers of Arabic. Nader grew up in Winisted, Connecticut.

Answer: Take out a full page newspaper ad attacking Nader

Nader later sued General Motors for invasion of privacy and settled the case for $425,000. Nader used the proceeds to start the pro-consumer Center for Study of Responsive Law.

Answer: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was established by the 1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act which was passed unanimously by Congress.

The law mandated stronger safety measures for automobiles including safety belts and stronger windshields.

Answer: Nader's Raiders

Nader's Raiders helped Nader investigate business and government corruption. They also joined the various organizations Nader helped to found such as Consumer Advocacy Group Public Citizen.

Answer: Free Trade

Ralph Nader has never been an advocate of free trade and has opposed such free trade agreements such as NAFTA as well as U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization.

Nader has supported the development of Solar Energy over the use of fossil fuels and Nuclear Power and called for corporations to be forced to clean up the pollution they cause.

Nader has called for heavy cuts in military spending and a less bellicose foreign policy.

Nader supports equal rights for people with disabilities, for women, LGBT, and all racial minorities. Nader also supports the restoration of civil liberties and constitutional rights lost due to the "War on Terror" and the "War on Drugs".

Answer: They blamed him for the election of George W. Bush

Many Democrats believed that Nader was a "spoiler" since he supposedly took votes away from Gore, thereby making it easier for Bush to steal the Florida vote and gain the presidency.

Answer: It is the name of a documentary about Ralph Nader

The documentary, "An Unreasonable Man" premiered at the Sundance Film Festivel in 2006. The film shows the life and activism of Ralph Nader, The film takes its name from a quote by writer George Bernard Shaw, "The reasonable Man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."