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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. When was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1737.

2. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 88.
(b) 105.
(c) 72.
(d) 167.

3. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?
(a) 1946
(b) 1932.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1939.

4. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1989.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?

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. What does NATO stand for?

4. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?

5. 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?

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