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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. The CEO of DuPont looks for employees who have ___________, according to Chapter 5.
(a) Honesty.
(b) Presence.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Loyalty.

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the second?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Better teachers and principals.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Involved parents.

3. In what year did the National Academy of Sciences issue its first warning about global warming?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1979.

4. When was Michelle Bachmann born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1956.

5. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 22 months.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, the economic decline of America is due to the unethical and illegal activities conducted by whom?

2. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the second "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

3. When did the Three Mile Island accident occur?

4. Where was Thomas L. Friedman born?

5. What is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene?

(see the answer key)

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