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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Ignoring Our History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1946
(d) 1939.

2. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
(a) Ed Rendell.
(b) George Kaufman.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Michael Mandelbaum.

3. What is the second pillar to prosperity?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?

2. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?

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

4. What is the fifth pillar to prosperity?

5. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

(see the answer key)

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