View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Help Wanted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the trademark of a range of durable, high-performance, polyimide-based plastics manufactured by DuPont?
(a) Kevlar.
(b) Neoprene.
(c) Vespel.
(d) Nylon.

2. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?
(a) Electrorail.
(b) Cosmorail.
(c) Urbanrail.
(d) Metrorail.

3. When was Martin Dempsey born?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1952.

4. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Mark Zuckerberg.
(c) Sergey Brin.
(d) Bill Gates.

5. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) Michelle Bachmann.
(c) Michael Mandelbaum.
(d) Ed Rendell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

2. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?

3. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?

4. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?

5. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 195 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample