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

2. 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 adjust to the IT revolution.
(c) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(d) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.

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

4. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Tianjin.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Wuhan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?

2. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?

3. The Cold War came to an end in what year?

4. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?

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

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