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

2. When was Bill Clinton born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1963.

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

4. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?
(a) Disembody.
(b) Demoralize.
(c) Decentralize.
(d) Disintegrate.

5. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship first became popular with kids in high crime areas in New York because in addition to teaching them math and reading, it focused on how they could do what?
(a) Make money.
(b) Move away.
(c) Play sports.
(d) Become astronauts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?

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

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

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

5. When did George H. W. Bush's presidency begin?

(see the answer key)

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