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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Devaluation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fifth pillar to prosperity?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.

2. According to the authors, it is through what that ideas are spawned and the spark of innovation is discovered, as described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Patience.
(b) Work.
(c) Play.
(d) Accidents.

3. When was Martin Dempsey born?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1952.

4. Who was Facebook founded by?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) Bill Gates.
(d) Sergey Brin.

5. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) John Hinkley.
(b) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(c) Jack Ruby.
(d) David Koresh.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Pew Center, state governments collectively face what unfunded amount in liability according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

2. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?

3. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?

4. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

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

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