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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. Who succeeded John F. Kennedy after his assassination?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

2. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?
(a) Jihad.
(b) Heyya.
(c) Salam.
(d) Madrasah.

3. What U.S. President scrapped the monetary system so that the U.S. would not have to go through a recession due to the funding for the war in Vietnam?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

4. When did Michelle Bachmann drop out of the bid for U.S. Presidency during the 2012 campaign?
(a) January, 2012.
(b) December, 2011.
(c) September, 2011.
(d) February, 2012.

5. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?
(a) Dick Cheney.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Milton Friedman.
(d) Lindsay Graham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?

2. In what year did the government end the international monetary system established in 1944 which had tied the dollar to the price of gold?

3. When was John F. Kennedy born?

4. When was Mark Zuckerberg born?

5. In what year did the National Academy of Sciences issue its first warning about global warming?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the authors say is the reasoning behind Michele Bachmann's comment and those who believed it?

2. How do the authors compare the proficiency and productivity of America and China?

3. What led to the housing bubble in America, according to the authors in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?

4. What examples do the authors make of Wendy Kopp and Robert Stevenson?

5. What is the role of lobbyists in American Politics? How are they described in Chapter 12?

6. How are the finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search described in Chapter 11?

7. What is the principle motivation of politicians in politics today?

8. How do the authors use Dick Cheney as reasoning to fight climate change in Chapter 10?

9. What do the authors assert as the reason Paul O'Neill was fired?

10. What do the authors say regarding America's borrowing power?

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