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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Help Wanted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?
(a) Michael Mandelbaum.
(b) Ed Rendell.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Michelle Bachmann.

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

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

4. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?
(a) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(b) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(c) Basic research and development must be supported by the government.
(d) The doors to immigration must be kept open.

5. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?
(a) Arab Vengence.
(b) Arab Awakening.
(c) Arab Spring.
(d) Arab Freedom Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

2. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?

3. What is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area?

4. What refers to the process of thinking that questions assumptions?

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

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