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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the first?
(a) Involved parents.
(b) Politicians who support education.
(c) Better teachers and principals.
(d) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the Cold War end? What impact did this have?

2. What do the authors assert Americans must do in order to compete?

3. What are the six crucial elements to improving America's educational system?

4. What do the authors write about the communication technology of social networking?

5. What are ways in which the successful achieve success?

6. Why do the authors assert that "Average is over" in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

7. What United States policy was adopted regarding the Cold War in 1946?

8. What are the five pillars of prosperity described by the authors in Chapter 3?

9. In Chapter 2, how do the authors describe the "Long Telegram"?

10. What were the results of the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest, according to the authors in Chapter 6: "Homework x 2 = The American Dream"?

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