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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Up in the Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?
(a) Disanthropy.
(b) Philanthropy.
(c) Obscurity.
(d) Charity.

2. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(b) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to adapt to globalization.

3. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1997.

4. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 72.
(b) 167.
(c) 105.
(d) 88.

5. What is the second pillar to prosperity?
(a) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(d) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.

2. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?

3. Who is the co-author of the book along with Thomas L. Friedman?

4. What is the fourth major challenge that America faces?

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

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