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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. When was Mark Zuckerberg named Time magazine's person of the year?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2009.
2. When did George H. W. Bush's presidency begin?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1993.
3. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Partisan politics.
(d) Terrorism.
4. When was Bill Gates born?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1955.
5. In what year did the government end the international monetary system established in 1944 which had tied the dollar to the price of gold?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1927.
Short Answer Questions
1. Senator James Inhofe serves what state?
2. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?
3. What position does Arne Duncan currently hold?
4. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?
5. According to the authors, Ronald Reagan was against deficits and raised taxes how many times during his eight years in office?
Short Essay Questions
1. What has led to the struggle between the old and young, as described in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
2. How are the finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search described in Chapter 11?
3. How do the authors describe Americans' growing sense of entitlement?
4. What do the authors maintain to be reasons for hope for America in Chapter 14: "They Just Didn't Get the Word"?
5. Who are examples used by the authors to demonstrate great success in Chapter 14?
6. What do the authors assert as the reason Paul O'Neill was fired?
7. What did Arne Duncan relate about American education?
8. What led to the housing bubble in America, according to the authors in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?
9. How do the authors use Dick Cheney as reasoning to fight climate change in Chapter 10?
10. How do the authors describe the beginning of the twenty-first century?
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