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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Average Is Over.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1994.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1985.

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the first?
(a) Better teachers and principals.
(b) Involved parents.
(c) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(d) Politicians who support education.

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

4. What is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area?
(a) Microwave.
(b) GPS.
(c) Personal computer.
(d) Cell phone.

5. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the second "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Athletic champions.
(c) Effective communication.
(d) Successful collaboration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?

2. When was the DuPont Corporation founded?

3. What word means to give (a person) the right to do or have something; qualify?

4. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?

5. Steve Jobs was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of what company?

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