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

2. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?
(a) Myspace.
(b) Twitter.
(c) Facebook.
(d) Friendster.

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

4. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2002.

5. What type of education do the authors assert is superior to one with a narrow focus in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Business education.
(b) Mechanical eduation.
(c) Liberal arts education.
(d) Mathematical education.

Short Answer 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"?

2. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?

3. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

4. 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"?

5. What is the third major challenge that America faces?

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