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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 tried to imagine what it would have been like if there had been a 24/7 cable news cycle when the Constitution was being written in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?
(a) Dick Cheney.
(b) Lindsay Graham.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Milton Friedman.

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

3. When did the Three Mile Island accident occur?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1979.

4. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1897.

5. What refers to changes to the United States tax code passed during the presidency of George W. Bush that generally lowered tax rates and revised the code specifying taxation in the United States?
(a) The great tax holiday.
(b) Republican tax revision.
(c) Cheney's tax vision.
(d) Bush tax cuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Bill Gates co-found his software company?

2. When was the Ayatollah Khomeini born?

3. Contraception accounts for what percentage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's total services?

4. What news agency do the authors criticize for having its own agenda in Chapter 12: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"?

5. Arne Duncan stated that America was ranked what in the world in the number of college graduates per capita?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to the housing bubble in America, according to the authors in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?

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

4. How do the authors describe the impact of the Tea Party in 2010?

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

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

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

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

9. What do the authors assert about America's challenge with climate change in Chapter 8: "This Is Our Due"?

10. How has Wall Street changed in contemporary times?

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