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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Paul O'Neill served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of what U.S. President's first term?
(a) Ronald Reagan's.
(b) Barack Obama's.
(c) George W. Bush's.
(d) Bill Clinton's.

3. What refers to the current rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation?
(a) Global warming.
(b) Global integration.
(c) Ice age.
(d) Global conditioning.

4. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) John Hinkley.
(b) David Koresh.
(c) Jack Ruby.
(d) Lee Harvey Oswald.

5. According to the authors, the Tea Party gained strength in what year when one of its leaders declared that he had no experience in politics but added, "Look where the experts got us"?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?

2. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?

3. Arne Duncan stated that America was ranked what in the world in the number of college graduates per capita?

4. 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)"?

5. When was Bill Gates born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the authors use Dick Cheney as reasoning to fight climate change in Chapter 10?

2. How do the authors describe Americans' growing sense of entitlement?

3. What did Arne Duncan relate about American education?

4. What do the authors assert about America's challenge with climate change in Chapter 8: "This Is Our Due"?

5. How do the authors describe the impact of the Tea Party in 2010?

6. How are the finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search described in Chapter 11?

7. What do the authors say regarding America's borrowing power?

8. Who are examples used by the authors to demonstrate great success in Chapter 14?

9. How do the authors compare the proficiency and productivity of America and China?

10. What is the role of lobbyists in American Politics? How are they described in Chapter 12?

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