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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the process of thinking that questions assumptions?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Mundane thinking.
(c) Presumptive thinking.
(d) Assumptive thinking.

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fourth?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Involved parents.

3. 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) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

4. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the sixth?
(a) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(b) Better teachers and principals.
(c) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(d) Involved parents.

5. What refers to the current rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation?
(a) Global warming.
(b) Global conditioning.
(c) Ice age.
(d) Global integration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Senator James Inhofe serves what state?

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

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

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

5. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?

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