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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The War of Physics and Other Good Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?
(a) Communism.
(b) Originalism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Nationalism.

2. According to the authors, it is through what that ideas are spawned and the spark of innovation is discovered, as described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Accidents.
(b) Work.
(c) Patience.
(d) Play.

3. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?
(a) Jihad.
(b) Madrasah.
(c) Heyya.
(d) Salam.

4. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?
(a) NATO.
(b) The Eastern Bloc.
(c) The United States.
(d) The Middle East.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. President scrapped the monetary system so that the U.S. would not have to go through a recession due to the funding for the war in Vietnam?

2. The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in what state?

3. When was Steve Jobs born?

4. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?

5. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?

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