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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The War of Physics and Other Good Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 5 years.
(d) 8 months.

2. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Partisan politics.

3. According to the authors, Ronald Reagan was against deficits and raised taxes how many times during his eight years in office?
(a) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

4. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

5. Paul O'Neill served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of what U.S. President's first term?
(a) Ronald Reagan's.
(b) Barack Obama's.
(c) George W. Bush's.
(d) Bill Clinton's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the term "Jihad" appear in the Quran?

2. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

3. What was the third factor discussed about the new, flat world of globalization?

4. The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in what state?

5. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?

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