That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Thomas Friedman
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Thomas Friedman
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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. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?
(a) Urbanrail.
(b) Electrorail.
(c) Cosmorail.
(d) Metrorail.

2. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?
(a) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(b) How to adapt to globalization.
(c) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(d) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.

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

4. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.
(a) Democratic.
(b) Athiest.
(c) Republican.
(d) Libertarian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

2. What is the third cause, according to the authors, for America's decline?

3. The Cold War came to an end in what year?

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

5. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?

(see the answer key)

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