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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 is the trademark of a range of durable, high-performance, polyimide-based plastics manufactured by DuPont?
(a) Neoprene.
(b) Vespel.
(c) Nylon.
(d) Kevlar.

2. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the third?
(a) Think like an artisan.
(b) Think like a waitress.
(c) Think like an immigrant.
(d) Think like a teacher.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area?

2. What type of education do the authors assert is superior to one with a narrow focus in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

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

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?

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

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