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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, key to our recovery is reminding our politicians that they were elected to do the work of our country not _________________.
(a) Raise taxes.
(b) Start wars.
(c) Get re-elected.
(d) Sell out to corporations.

2. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?
(a) Salam.
(b) Jihad.
(c) Madrasah.
(d) Heyya.

3. What U.S. President scrapped the monetary system so that the U.S. would not have to go through a recession due to the funding for the war in Vietnam?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

4. What refers to an economic system characterized by social ownership or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitolism.
(c) Libertarianism.
(d) Communism.

5. What percentage of adults are illiterate in Detroit, Michigan, according to the authors?
(a) 34%.
(b) 47%.
(c) 68%.
(d) 95%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the War in Afghanistan begin?

3. What social networking site did Mark Zuckerberg develop?

4. 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?

5. It was the conclusion of the American Society of Civil Engineers in what year that our infrastructure is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands and is unsafe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Arne Duncan relate about American education?

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

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

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

8. What do the authors maintain to be reasons for hope for America in Chapter 14: "They Just Didn't Get the Word"?

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

10. How do the authors describe Americans' growing sense of entitlement?

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