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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?
(a) Globalization.
(b) Capitolism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Organization.

3. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the second?
(a) Better teachers and principals.
(b) Politicians who support education.
(c) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(d) Involved parents.

4. Senator James Inhofe serves what state?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Nebraska.

5. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?
(a) Boise, ID.
(b) Phoenix, AZ.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) San Jose, CA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the first?

3. How many of the top ten prizes were awarded to Russian teams in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?

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

5. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?

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