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

2. 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) Harry Truman.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(b) How to adapt to globalization.
(c) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(d) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.

4. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2007.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?

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

3. What is a browser-based operating system created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation?

4. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?

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

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