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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Average Is Over.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new type of attorney do the authors assert law firms are adding, as discussed in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?
(a) Criminal defense teams.
(b) Copyright investigators.
(c) Corporate municipal liasons.
(d) Chief innovation officers.

2. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?
(a) Disintegrate.
(b) Disembody.
(c) Decentralize.
(d) Demoralize.

3. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.
(a) Athiest.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Republican.
(d) Libertarian.

4. How many school districts are there in America?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 14,000.
(c) 8,500.
(d) 59,000.

5. What refers to the process of thinking that questions assumptions?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Assumptive thinking.
(c) Presumptive thinking.
(d) Mundane thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fifth pillar to prosperity?

2. A team from what country won the second prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?

3. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the sixth?

4. What is the trademark of a range of durable, high-performance, polyimide-based plastics manufactured by DuPont?

5. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fourth?

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