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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tried to imagine what it would have been like if there had been a 24/7 cable news cycle when the Constitution was being written in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?
(a) Dick Cheney.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Lindsay Graham.
(d) Milton Friedman.

2. When was James Inhofe born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1951.

3. Paul O'Neill was fired in what year for his public disagreement with the administration?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2002.

4. When was John F. Kennedy born?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1922.

5. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(b) The Department of Homeland Security.
(c) The personal computer.
(d) The Internet and the World Wide Web.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news agency do the authors criticize for having its own agenda in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?

2. Paul O'Neill served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of what U.S. President's first term?

3. According to the authors, the major goal of the modern Democratic Party is to preserve the social networks created during whose administration?

4. When did the War in Afghanistan begin?

5. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?

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