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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 fifth pillar to prosperity?
(a) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

2. When was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1737.

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

4. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Harry Truman.

5. What is the third pillar to prosperity?
(a) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?

2. What is the fourth major challenge that America faces?

3. What refers to the process of thinking that questions assumptions?

4. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?

5. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the authors write about Abraham Lincoln's advancements?

2. 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"?

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

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

5. What do the authors assert regarding outsourcing?

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

7. What do the authors assert the CEO of DuPont seeks in employees?

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

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

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

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