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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. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fifth?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Business leaders committed to raising standards.

2. 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) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.
(c) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(d) We have stopped investing in our future.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the top ten prizes were awarded to Russian teams in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?

2. What new type of attorney do the authors assert law firms are adding, as discussed in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?

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

4. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the third?

5. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Tianjin, China in Chapter 1: "If You See Something, Say Something"? Why did he travel there?

2. What are employers looking for in workers today according to the authors in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?

3. What is responsible for the growing lack of jobs in America, according to the authors in Chapter 4?

4. What are the four major challenges which face the U.S. as described in Chapter 2: "Ignoring Our Problems"?

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

6. How long did it take Tianjin to build the conference building?

7. What three mindsets do the authors describe for being a creative thinker?

8. What did General Martin Dempsey realize about America's soldiers in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?

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

10. What is Friedman's conclusion regarding China's development?

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