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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Homework x 2 = The American Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, Americans have to recognize that when a company moves off-shore or outsources many of its functions, we are not only losing current jobs but also __________.
(a) Market stagnation.
(b) Past wages.
(c) Jobs of the future.
(d) Job apprehension.

2. What is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area?
(a) Cell phone.
(b) GPS.
(c) Microwave.
(d) Personal computer.

3. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the second?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Involved parents.
(c) Better teachers and principals.
(d) Politicians who support education.

4. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1989.

5. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fifth?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, known generically as polyamides, that were first produced on February 28, 1935, at the DuPont Experimental Station?

2. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?

3. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the third?

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

5. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

(see the answer key)

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