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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 the Iraq War begin?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2000.

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

3. When was Mark Zuckerberg born?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1977.

4. When did Thomas L. Friedman win a Pulitzer Prize for his commentary illuminating the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1995.

5. When was Sarah Palin born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of Tea Party Republicans say there is no evidence of global warming, according to the authors in Chapter 10: "The War of Physics and Other Good Things"?

2. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?

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. Who is the founder of Teach for America?

5. What is the third cause, according to the authors, for America's decline?

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