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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) Bill Clinton.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

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

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

4. 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) Phoenix, AZ.
(d) Portland, OR.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

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

4. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?

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

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