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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Up in the Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?
(a) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(b) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(c) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

2. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?
(a) Friendster.
(b) Myspace.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Facebook.

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

4. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) Sergey Brin.
(d) Bill Gates.

5. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

2. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

3. What is the fifth pillar to prosperity?

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

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

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