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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Help Wanted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) 1737.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1805.

2. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) September, 2010.
(b) July, 2008.
(c) August 2011.
(d) June, 2009.

3. 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) Information technology.
(b) Popular culture.
(c) Communism.
(d) Commercialism.

4. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 167.
(b) 105.
(c) 88.
(d) 72.

5. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?
(a) Obscurity.
(b) Philanthropy.
(c) Charity.
(d) Disanthropy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

2. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?

3. What is the third major challenge that America faces?

4. What was the third factor discussed about the new, flat world of globalization?

5. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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