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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. 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 National Education Association.
(b) The Education Union.
(c) The Teacher's and Professor's Union.
(d) The American Learning Campaign.

2. Who was Facebook founded by?
(a) Sergey Brin.
(b) Mark Zuckerberg.
(c) Al Gore.
(d) Bill Gates.

3. According to the Pew Center, state governments collectively face what unfunded amount in liability according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) $16 trillion.
(b) $500 billion.
(c) $3 trillion.
(d) $1 trillion.

4. 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) 11.
(d) 7.

5. What is a proprietary voice over Internet Protocol service and software application originally created by David Somekh and owned by Microsoft since 2011?
(a) Myspace.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Skype.
(d) Twitter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many school districts are there in America?

3. How many of the top ten prizes were awarded to Russian teams in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?

4. The CEO of DuPont looks for employees who have ___________, according to Chapter 5.

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

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