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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Grifter Archipelago; or, Why the Tea Party Doesn't Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what Tea Party member did Matt Taibbi travel around Nevada in Chapter 1?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Michele Bachmann.
(c) Bill Parsons.
(d) James Williams.

2. When did Lehman Brothers declare bankruptcy?
(a) September 2009.
(b) November, 2007.
(c) September, 2008.
(d) October, 2008.

3. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1925.

4. For what magazine was Matt Taibbi working as a reporter when he describes having listened to the acceptance speech of Sarah Palin in Chapter 1?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Men's Journal.
(d) Wall Street Journal.

5. Richard Nixon had capitalized on the "forgotten Americans." The push to gain these voters was known as________.
(a) The "silent strategy."
(b) The "southern strategy."
(c) The Tea Party.
(d) The "southern cooperative."

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation?

2. According to the author, the Tea Party distracts its followers from the real villains of Wall Street by convincing itself that what is the enemy?

3. When was Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History published?

4. Richard Nixon was President of the United States during what years?

5. In what year was Sarah Palin a candidate for Vice President of the United States?

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