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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Steve Jobs born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1955.

3. 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"?
(a) Effective communication.
(b) Successful collaboration.
(c) Critical thinking.
(d) Athletic champions.

4. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1967.

5. A team from what country won the second prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) China.
(b) U.S.A.
(c) Australia.
(d) Sweden.

6. What word means to give (a person) the right to do or have something; qualify?
(a) Tolerate.
(b) Abatement.
(c) Clemency.
(d) Entitlement.

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

8. What is the trademark of a range of durable, high-performance, polyimide-based plastics manufactured by DuPont?
(a) Neoprene.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Vespel.
(d) Nylon.

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

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

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

12. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 375 million.
(c) 950 million.
(d) 50 million.

13. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?
(a) Originalism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Nationalism.

14. When was Martin Dempsey born?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1952.

15. What does "IT" stand for?
(a) Imaginative truth.
(b) Isotope table.
(c) Isometric technology.
(d) Internet technology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Alexander Hamilton born?

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

4. What is the third major challenge that America faces?

5. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?

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