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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Homework x 2 = The American Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, known generically as polyamides, that were first produced on February 28, 1935, at the DuPont Experimental Station?
(a) Kevlar.
(b) Vespel.
(c) Neoprene.
(d) Nylon.

2. A team from what country won the second prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) U.S.A.
(b) China.
(c) Australia.
(d) Sweden.

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

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

5. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
(a) George Kaufman.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) Michael Mandelbaum.
(d) Ed Rendell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?

2. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

3. What position has Martin Dempsey held since October, 2011?

4. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?

5. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?

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