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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Devaluation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Iraq War begin?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2003.

2. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) Jack Ruby.
(b) David Koresh.
(c) John Hinkley.
(d) Lee Harvey Oswald.

3. Paul O'Neill was fired in what year for his public disagreement with the administration?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2005.

4. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?
(a) Michael Mandelbaum.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) Ed Rendell.
(d) Michelle Bachmann.

5. What is a term describing philosophies which emphasize freedom, individual liberty, voluntary association and respect of property rights?
(a) Capitolism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Libertarianism.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?

2. Who insisted that the free market would establish the correct value of the world's currencies, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

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

4. When was Michelle Bachmann born?

5. According to the authors, it is through what that ideas are spawned and the spark of innovation is discovered, as described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

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