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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Average Is Over.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

2. What is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene?
(a) Neoprene.
(b) Nylon.
(c) Vespel.
(d) Kevlar.

3. What does NATO stand for?
(a) North African Trade Organization.
(b) North American Trade Organization.
(c) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(d) North Argentinian Treaty Organization.

4. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Tianjin.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Wuhan.

5. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Originalism.
(d) Communism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the second?

4. 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"?

5. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?

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