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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. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) September, 2010.
(b) August 2011.
(c) June, 2009.
(d) July, 2008.

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the first?
(a) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(b) Better teachers and principals.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Involved parents.

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

4. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
(a) Ed Rendell.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) Michael Mandelbaum.
(d) George Kaufman.

5. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?
(a) Obscurity.
(b) Disanthropy.
(c) Charity.
(d) Philanthropy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the third "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

2. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?

3. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

4. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?

5. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

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