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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. What, according to the authors, is the driver of the new reality that is making changes at a furious rate, as described in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air"?
(a) Popular culture.
(b) Commercialism.
(c) Information technology.
(d) Communism.

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

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

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

5. A team from what country won the top prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) China.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?

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

3. 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 __________.

4. The Cold War came to an end in what year?

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

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