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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Up in the Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) George W. Bush.

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

3. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?
(a) Michael Mandelbaum.
(b) Ed Rendell.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Michelle Bachmann.

4. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?
(a) We have stopped investing in our future.
(b) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(c) Some of the most important matters that are suffering from neglect are education, deficits and dept and climate change.
(d) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.

5. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?
(a) Cosmorail.
(b) Metrorail.
(c) Electrorail.
(d) Urbanrail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

2. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

3. What, according to the authors, is the driver of the new reality that is making changes at a furious rate, as described in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air"?

4. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

5. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

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