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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) Ed Rendell.
(d) Michael Mandelbaum.

2. What is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene?
(a) Kevlar.
(b) Vespel.
(c) Nylon.
(d) Neoprene.

3. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 167.
(b) 88.
(c) 72.
(d) 105.

4. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Tianjin.
(d) Wuhan.

5. What new type of attorney do the authors assert law firms are adding, as discussed in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?
(a) Corporate municipal liasons.
(b) Chief innovation officers.
(c) Copyright investigators.
(d) Criminal defense teams.

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

7. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the third?
(a) Better teachers and principals.
(b) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(c) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(d) Politicians who support education.

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

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

10. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(b) The Department of Homeland Security.
(c) The personal computer.
(d) The Internet and the World Wide Web.

11. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1985.

12. What type of education do the authors assert is superior to one with a narrow focus in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Liberal arts education.
(b) Mechanical eduation.
(c) Mathematical education.
(d) Business education.

13. 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 Marshall Plan.
(b) The Denali Plan.
(c) The New Deal.
(d) Washington's Deal.

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

15. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Friendster.
(c) Myspace.
(d) Twitter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

3. A team from what country won the top prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?

4. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

5. What is a proprietary voice over Internet Protocol service and software application originally created by David Somekh and owned by Microsoft since 2011?

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