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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. Three factors brought about the new, flat world of globalization, according to the authors in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air." Which factor was discussed first?
(a) The Department of Homeland Security.
(b) The personal computer.
(c) The Internet and the World Wide Web.
(d) The development of the languages of the Internet.

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

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

4. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Ed Rendell.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Michael Mandelbaum.

5. When was Martin Dempsey born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bill Clinton born?

2. In what year did the government end the international monetary system established in 1944 which had tied the dollar to the price of gold?

3. 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)"?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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