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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 is the second major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(b) How to adapt to globalization.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.

2. What is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, known generically as polyamides, that were first produced on February 28, 1935, at the DuPont Experimental Station?
(a) Vespel.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Neoprene.
(d) Nylon.

3. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the third "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Effective communication.
(b) Successful collaboration.
(c) Critical thinking.
(d) Athletic champions.

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"?
(a) Popular culture.
(b) Communism.
(c) Commercialism.
(d) Information technology.

5. What word means to give (a person) the right to do or have something; qualify?
(a) Clemency.
(b) Abatement.
(c) Entitlement.
(d) Tolerate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the DuPont Corporation originally founded to manufacture?

2. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

3. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?

4. The CEO of DuPont looks for employees who have ___________, according to Chapter 5.

5. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?

(see the answer key)

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