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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1924.

3. What percent of Tea Party Republicans say there is no evidence of global warming, according to the authors in Chapter 10: "The War of Physics and Other Good Things"?
(a) 70.
(b) 33.
(c) 24.
(d) 51.

4. In what year did the government end the international monetary system established in 1944 which had tied the dollar to the price of gold?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1941.

5. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the third?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Politicians who support education.
(c) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(d) Better teachers and principals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the first "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

2. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the second?

3. What is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area?

4. Paul O'Neill served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of what U.S. President's first term?

5. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

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