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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: The War on Math (and the Future).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the first?
(a) Think like an immigrant.
(b) Think like a teacher.
(c) Think like a waitress.
(d) Think like an artisan.

3. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Homeland Security.
(b) The personal computer.
(c) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(d) The Internet and the World Wide Web.

4. When was Steve Jobs born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1948.

5. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Cold War came to an end in what year?

2. 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)"?

3. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the third?

4. What, according to the authors, is the driver of the new reality that is making changes at a furious rate, as described in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air"?

5. What is the second major challenge that America faces?

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