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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. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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

3. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?
(a) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(b) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(c) How to adapt to globalization.
(d) How to adjust to the IT revolution.

4. What does NATO stand for?
(a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(b) North Argentinian Treaty Organization.
(c) North African Trade Organization.
(d) North American Trade Organization.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?

3. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?

4. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?

5. When was Alexander Hamilton born?

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