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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. 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"?
(a) Information technology.
(b) Communism.
(c) Popular culture.
(d) Commercialism.
2. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 105.
(b) 72.
(c) 167.
(d) 88.
3. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(b) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(c) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(d) How to adapt to globalization.
4. 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 cope with soaring budget deficits.
(c) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(d) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
5. What is a browser-based operating system created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation?
(a) Geyser.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Myspace.
(d) Skype.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. Three factors brought about the new, flat world of globalization, according to the authors in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air." Which factor was discussed first?
3. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?
4. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
5. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
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