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

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

3. When was Mark Zuckerberg named Time magazine's person of the year?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2009.

4. Where did Arne Duncan previously work as CEO?
(a) San Francisco Public Schools.
(b) New York City Public Schools.
(c) St. Louis Public Schools.
(d) Chicago Public Schools.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Abortions account for what percentage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's total services?

2. When was Ronald Reagan born?

3. Where was Bill Gates born?

4. Who insisted that the free market would establish the correct value of the world's currencies, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search described in Chapter 11?

3. What do the authors assert as the reason Paul O'Neill was fired?

4. What is the principle motivation of politicians in politics today?

5. When did America begin the process of deficit spending?

6. What was the impact of the Iranian Revolution?

7. What examples do the authors make of Wendy Kopp and Robert Stevenson?

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

9. What did Arne Duncan relate about American education?

10. What has led to the struggle between the old and young, as described in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

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