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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $200 million.
(c) $85 million.
(d) $50 million.

2. Sarah Palin was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2008.

3. How many times does the term "Jihad" appear in the Quran?
(a) 41.
(b) 4.
(c) 29.
(d) 17.

4. When was Arne Duncan born?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1964.

5. When did the War in Afghanistan begin?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2001.

6. In a report entitled, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," which was requested by Congress in 2005, statistics showed that funding of R&D as a percentage of GDP had declined by what percentage over forty years?
(a) 75%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 80%.

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

8. What refers to an economic system characterized by social ownership or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitolism.
(d) Libertarianism.

9. When was John F. Kennedy born?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1928.

10. According to the authors, the economic decline of America is due to the unethical and illegal activities conducted by whom?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) Wall Street bankers.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) Congressmen.

11. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?
(a) USS Shiloh.
(b) USS Monterey.
(c) USS Chosin.
(d) USS Normandy.

12. The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in what state?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

13. Robert Stevenson family's business remains in existence where?
(a) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Bellingham, Washington.

14. With whom did Bill Gates co-found his software company?
(a) Sergey Brin.
(b) Paul Allen.
(c) Mark Zuckerberg.
(d) George Kennan.

15. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?
(a) China Rose.
(b) China Town.
(c) China Gate .
(d) The China Syndrome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who served as the 46th Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush?

2. When was Bill Gates born?

3. According to the authors, key to our recovery is reminding our politicians that they were elected to do the work of our country not _________________.

4. Paul O'Neill was fired in what year for his public disagreement with the administration?

5. By 2016, the gross national debt is estimated to be how much, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

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