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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?
(a) Boise, ID.
(b) Portland, OR.
(c) Phoenix, AZ.
(d) San Jose, CA.

3. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(b) How to adapt to globalization.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.

4. What does NATO stand for?
(a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(b) North American Trade Organization.
(c) North African Trade Organization.
(d) North Argentinian Treaty Organization.

5. What is the third cause, according to the authors, for America's decline?
(a) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.
(b) We have stopped investing in our future.
(c) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(d) Some of the most important matters that are suffering from neglect are education, deficits and dept and climate change.

6. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

7. What position has Martin Dempsey held since October, 2011?
(a) Head of Pentagon Security.
(b) Vice President.
(c) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) Speaker of the House.

8. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the first "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Athletic champions.
(b) Effective communication.
(c) Successful collaboration.
(d) Critical thinking.

9. When was the DuPont Corporation founded?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1833.

10. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) July, 2008.
(b) June, 2009.
(c) August 2011.
(d) September, 2010.

11. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the first?
(a) Think like a waitress.
(b) Think like an artisan.
(c) Think like an immigrant.
(d) Think like a teacher.

12. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
(a) Ed Rendell.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) George Kaufman.
(d) Michael Mandelbaum.

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

14. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) The Denali Plan.
(c) The Marshall Plan.
(d) Washington's Deal.

15. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?
(a) The American Learning Campaign.
(b) The Education Union.
(c) The Teacher's and Professor's Union.
(d) The National Education Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the third?

2. Three factors brought about the new, flat world of globalization, according to the authors in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air." Which factor was discussed first?

3. What is the second major challenge that America faces?

4. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

5. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

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