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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. What was the DuPont Corporation originally founded to manufacture?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) Opium.
(c) Dynamite.
(d) Stagecoaches.

2. Senator James Inhofe refers to global warming as what?
(a) A legitimate concern.
(b) A hoax.
(c) A Republican matter.
(d) An attempt at terrorism.

3. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?
(a) Lindsay Graham.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Dick Cheney.
(d) Milton Friedman.

4. Steve Jobs was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of what company?
(a) Xerox.
(b) Microsoft.
(c) Apple Inc.
(d) Canon.

5. What is the trademark of a range of durable, high-performance, polyimide-based plastics manufactured by DuPont?
(a) Neoprene.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Vespel.
(d) Nylon.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 2016, the gross national debt is estimated to be how much, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

2. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?

3. Who was Facebook founded by?

4. Who do the authors assert is a political icon for the Republican Party?

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

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