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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Ignoring Our History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Wuhan.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Tianjin.

2. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

3. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 375 million.
(d) 950 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

2. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?

3. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?

4. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

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

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