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

2. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(c) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third cause, according to the authors, for America's decline?

2. What does NATO stand for?

3. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

4. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

5. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

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