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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
1. What has gradually eroded the dominance of the traditional political culture in Texas?
a. Urbanization
b. Globalization and foreign trade
c. Catholicism
d. Continued dominance of the oil industry
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Introduction
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.1 - Define political culture.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
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2. Which generation of Texans is more likely to identify as liberal than other generations?
a. Generation Z
b. Generation X
c. Baby Boomers
d. Silent Generation
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
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DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:54 AM
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3. According to recent polling data available, what percentage of Texans self-identify as liberal?
a. 30 percent
b. 45 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 55 percent
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:03 AM
4. What best describes Texas's dominant political culture today?
a. Texans believe the best government is a limited government.
b. Texans believe the best government is an active liberal government.
c. Texans believe the best government promotes nontraditional values.
d. Texans believe the best government embraces social change.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.5 - Compare moralistic, individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
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DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
5. Data suggest that there is a significant difference between men and women when it comes to self-identified
partisanship. In Texas, women are more likely to consider themselves as what, compared to men?
a. Republicans
b. Moderates
c. Democrats
d. Libertarians
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:07 AM
6. According to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, which populous county is the most conservative in the state of
Texas?
a. Lubbock County
b. Jefferson County
c. Smith County
d. Travis County
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Evaluate
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
7. Which of the following political ideologies supports a limited role for government in the area of business regulation?
a. Liberal
b. Conservative
c. Moderate
d. Progressive
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's:Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:06 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:13 AM
8. Which of the following political ideologies most actively advocates for tolerance of social change and efforts to
increase diversity?
a. Conservative
b. Liberal
c. Moderate
d. Libertarian
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
9. Which one of Meinig’s cultural regions has links to the Deep South, is primarily rural, and used to rely on cotton?
a. East Texas
b. West Texas
c. Rural badlands
d. Hill Country
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Texas’s Cultural Regions
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:16 AM
10. Which of the following best explains the historical opposition to significant government involvement in the economy in
Texas?
a. Texas has a strong transportation infrastructure.
b. Most Texas businesses depend on government subsidies and tax breaks.
c. Texans believe that social class inequality is a major problem.
d. Texans tend to hold a strong belief in the relationship between individual effort and economic success.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:18 AM
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11. About how many Texans, according to polling, consider themselves moderates?
a. One in nine Texans
b. One in seven Texans
c. One in six Texans
d. One in four Texans
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:22 AM
12. Juneteenth, which has been a Texas holiday since 1980 and is now a national holiday, commemorates which event?
a. When enslaved persons first learned of their freedom in 1865
b. When the Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress
c. When Latinos got equal voting rights in Texas
d. The end of the civil war
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
13. Which of the following groups would be most likely to vote for the Democratic Party?
a. Anglo men
b. Older adults
c. Rural Texans
d. Latina women
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5.4.5 - Describe current trends regarding voter turnout in Texas.
7 - Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:26 AM
14. Which of the following policies would be likely to receive the most support among Texas liberals?
a. A ban on the use of medicinal marijuana
b. An expansion of public services for low-income families
c. Adoption of additional laws restricting abortion rights
d. Strict enforcement of penalties for convicted criminals
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.8.5 - Describe the general trends in social policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:32 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
15. Which of the following groups is most likely to support a liberal policy?
a. A group of employees who lost their jobs because of forces outside of their control
b. A group of business owners who benefit from state tax breaks
c. Devout Christians who prioritize policies that restrict abortion rights
d. West Texas ranchers who are proud of their success without government help
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Blooms: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:33 AM
16. Which of the following factors contributes to the cultural similarity between East Texas and West Texas?
a. Proximity to urban areas
b. Agricultural industry dependence
c. Fundamentalist Protestantism
d. Large Latino population
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Texas’s Cultural Regions
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.4.2 - Compare the different geographic regions and their impact on Texas politics.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:35 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
1. What has gradually eroded the dominance of the traditional political culture in Texas?
a. Urbanization
b. Globalization and foreign trade
c. Catholicism
d. Continued dominance of the oil industry
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Introduction
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.1 - Define political culture.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
2. Which generation of Texans is more likely to identify as liberal than other generations?
a. Generation Z
b. Generation X
c. Baby Boomers
d. Silent Generation
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 9:54 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
3. According to recent polling data available, what percentage of Texans self-identify as liberal?
a. 30 percent
b. 45 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 55 percent
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:49 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:03 AM
4. What best describes Texas's dominant political culture today?
a. Texans believe the best government is a limited government.
b. Texans believe the best government is an active liberal government.
c. Texans believe the best government promotes nontraditional values.
d. Texans believe the best government embraces social change.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.5 - Compare moralistic, individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
5. Data suggest that there is a significant difference between men and women when it comes to self-identified
partisanship. In Texas, women are more likely to consider themselves as what, compared to men?
a. Republicans
b. Moderates
c. Democrats
d. Libertarians
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 9:50 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:07 AM
6. According to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, which populous county is the most conservative in the state of
Texas?
a. Lubbock County
b. Jefferson County
c. Smith County
d. Travis County
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Evaluate
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:05 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
7. Which of the following political ideologies supports a limited role for government in the area of business regulation?
a. Liberal
b. Conservative
c. Moderate
d. Progressive
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's:Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:06 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:13 AM
8. Which of the following political ideologies most actively advocates for tolerance of social change and efforts to
increase diversity?
a. Conservative
b. Liberal
c. Moderate
d. Libertarian
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
9. Which one of Meinig’s cultural regions has links to the Deep South, is primarily rural, and used to rely on cotton?
a. East Texas
b. West Texas
c. Rural badlands
d. Hill Country
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Texas’s Cultural Regions
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:11 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:16 AM
10. Which of the following best explains the historical opposition to significant government involvement in the economy in
Texas?
a. Texas has a strong transportation infrastructure.
b. Most Texas businesses depend on government subsidies and tax breaks.
c. Texans believe that social class inequality is a major problem.
d. Texans tend to hold a strong belief in the relationship between individual effort and economic success.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:18 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
11. About how many Texans, according to polling, consider themselves moderates?
a. One in nine Texans
b. One in seven Texans
c. One in six Texans
d. One in four Texans
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:22 AM
12. Juneteenth, which has been a Texas holiday since 1980 and is now a national holiday, commemorates which event?
a. When enslaved persons first learned of their freedom in 1865
b. When the Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress
c. When Latinos got equal voting rights in Texas
d. The end of the civil war
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.6.3 - Describe the individualistic political culture in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
13. Which of the following groups would be most likely to vote for the Democratic Party?
a. Anglo men
b. Older adults
c. Rural Texans
d. Latina women
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5.4.5 - Describe current trends regarding voter turnout in Texas.
7 - Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:26 AM
14. Which of the following policies would be likely to receive the most support among Texas liberals?
a. A ban on the use of medicinal marijuana
b. An expansion of public services for low-income families
c. Adoption of additional laws restricting abortion rights
d. Strict enforcement of penalties for convicted criminals
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.8.5 - Describe the general trends in social policy in Texas.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:32 AM
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Chapter 1 Texas Political Culture and Diversity
15. Which of the following groups is most likely to support a liberal policy?
a. A group of employees who lost their jobs because of forces outside of their control
b. A group of business owners who benefit from state tax breaks
c. Devout Christians who prioritize policies that restrict abortion rights
d. West Texas ranchers who are proud of their success without government help
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Blooms: Apply
REFERENCES: Political Culture, Partisanship, and Public Policy
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 5 - Evaluate the role of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties in Texas.
6.6.6 - Explain how political culture influences policy in Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:33 AM
16. Which of the following factors contributes to the cultural similarity between East Texas and West Texas?
a. Proximity to urban areas
b. Agricultural industry dependence
c. Fundamentalist Protestantism
d. Large Latino population
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom's: Remember/Understand
REFERENCES: Texas’s Cultural Regions
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 6.4.2 - Compare the different geographic regions and their impact on Texas politics.
8 - Analyze issues, policies, and political culture of Texas.
DATE CREATED: 8/20/2025 10:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 8/20/2025 10:35 AM
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