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

2. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 105.
(b) 72.
(c) 167.
(d) 88.

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

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

5. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer 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?

2. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?

3. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

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

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

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