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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. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1989.
(d) 2001.

2. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) Basic research and development must be supported by the government.

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

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?
(a) Phoenix, AZ.
(b) San Jose, CA.
(c) Boise, ID.
(d) Portland, OR.

5. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.

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

4. What is the fourth major challenge that America faces?

5. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?

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