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

2. What state had been home to many of the largest defense contractors that have since been forced to close down, leaving millions unemployed?
(a) California.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Florida.
(d) Montana.

3. Thomas Friedman met with what Singaporean academic and retired diplomat in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?
(a) Kishore Mahbubani.
(b) Sergey Brin.
(c) Milton Friedman.
(d) Michael Mandelbaum.

4. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) Jack Ruby.
(b) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(c) David Koresh.
(d) John Hinkley.

5. Who served as the 46th Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Dick Cheney.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Harry Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?

2. What percent of Tea Party Republicans say there is no evidence of global warming, according to the authors in Chapter 10: "The War of Physics and Other Good Things"?

3. What refers to an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system?

4. Bill Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of what company?

5. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of lobbyists in American Politics? How are they described in Chapter 12?

2. When did the crisis take place on Three Mile Island as described in Chapter 10?

3. Who are examples used by the authors to demonstrate great success in Chapter 14?

4. How did the Republican Party change in the 1960s?

5. What do the authors say is the reasoning behind Michele Bachmann's comment and those who believed it?

6. How do the authors describe partisan politics in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?

7. How do the authors describe the beginning of the twenty-first century?

8. How do the authors use Dick Cheney as reasoning to fight climate change in Chapter 10?

9. How do the authors compare the proficiency and productivity of America and China?

10. When was the gold standard scrapped? What do the authors say regarding this in Chapter 9?

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