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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?
(a) Electrorail.
(b) Cosmorail.
(c) Urbanrail.
(d) Metrorail.

2. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1938.

3. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?
(a) Obscurity.
(b) Disanthropy.
(c) Charity.
(d) Philanthropy.

4. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1979.

5. How many school districts are there in America?
(a) 59,000.
(b) 8,500.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 14,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fifth pillar to prosperity?

2. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?

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?

4. It was the conclusion of the American Society of Civil Engineers in what year that our infrastructure is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands and is unsafe?

5. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?

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