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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Iraq War begin?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

2. When did Michelle Bachmann drop out of the bid for U.S. Presidency during the 2012 campaign?
(a) February, 2012.
(b) December, 2011.
(c) September, 2011.
(d) January, 2012.

3. Who do the authors assert is a political icon for the Republican Party?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

4. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1981.

5. When did George H. W. Bush's presidency begin?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1985.

6. When was Arne Duncan born?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1955.

7. What political party is James Inhofe a member of?
(a) Republican.
(b) Tea Party.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Green.

8. Arne Duncan stated that America was ranked what in the world in the number of college graduates per capita?
(a) Twentieth.
(b) First.
(c) Third.
(d) Ninth.

9. According to the Pew Center, state governments collectively face what unfunded amount in liability according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) $1 trillion.
(b) $500 billion.
(c) $3 trillion.
(d) $16 trillion.

10. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?
(a) The China Syndrome.
(b) China Town.
(c) China Rose.
(d) China Gate .

11. Where was Bill Gates born?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Billings, Montana.
(d) Austin, Texas.

12. Paul O'Neill was fired in what year for his public disagreement with the administration?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2006.

13. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
(a) $200 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $85 million.
(d) $50 million.

14. When was Mark Zuckerberg born?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1977.

15. 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?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Harry Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what political party does Michelle Bachmann belong?

2. What position does Arne Duncan currently hold?

3. Thomas Friedman met with what Singaporean academic and retired diplomat in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?

4. When did the Three Mile Island accident occur?

5. It was the conclusion of the American Society of Civil Engineers in what year that our infrastructure is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands and is unsafe?

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