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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. When did George H. W. Bush's presidency begin?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1985.

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

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. Who insisted that the free market would establish the correct value of the world's currencies, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) Milton Friedman.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Lee Harvey Oswald.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?

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

3. Political opponents of Barack Obama accused him of not thinking in terms of America's what, according to the authors?

4. What refers to the common or ordinary people, especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization, etc.?

5. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

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