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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 a browser-based operating system created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation?
(a) Geyser.
(b) Skype.
(c) Myspace.
(d) Cloud.

2. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?
(a) The American Learning Campaign.
(b) The Teacher's and Professor's Union.
(c) The National Education Association.
(d) The Education Union.

3. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 22 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 years.

4. What does "IT" stand for?
(a) Isotope table.
(b) Isometric technology.
(c) Internet technology.
(d) Imaginative truth.

5. 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 a waitress.
(b) Think like an immigrant.
(c) Think like a teacher.
(d) Think like an artisan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?

3. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.

4. According to the authors, Americans have to recognize that when a company moves off-shore or outsources many of its functions, we are not only losing current jobs but also __________.

5. How many school districts are there in America?

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