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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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) Obscurity.
(b) Charity.
(c) Disanthropy.
(d) Philanthropy.

2. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
(a) Michael Mandelbaum.
(b) George Kaufman.
(c) Ed Rendell.
(d) George Kennan.

3. 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) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. When was the DuPont Corporation founded?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1802.

5. 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?
(a) Nylon.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Vespel.
(d) Neoprene.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second major challenge that America faces?

3. Steve Jobs was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of what company?

4. What was the DuPont Corporation originally founded to manufacture?

5. What is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are ways in which the successful achieve success?

2. What are the four major challenges which face the U.S. as described in Chapter 2: "Ignoring Our Problems"?

3. How does the author describe Tianjin, China in Chapter 1: "If You See Something, Say Something"? Why did he travel there?

4. What are the three "C's" described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

5. What is Friedman's conclusion regarding China's development?

6. What examples are given for America's decline in ambition?

7. What do the authors write about Abraham Lincoln's advancements?

8. What are the three factors brought about by the new flat world of globalization?

9. What United States policy was adopted regarding the Cold War in 1946?

10. What do the authors assert Americans must do in order to compete?

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