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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 wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) Ed Rendell.
(c) Michael Mandelbaum.
(d) Richard Nixon.

2. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?
(a) NATO.
(b) The United States.
(c) The Eastern Bloc.
(d) The Middle East.

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

4. 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) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?

3. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

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

5. When was Alexander Hamilton born?

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