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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Trillion-dollar Band-Aid - Health Care Refor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alongside what Presidential nominee did Sarah Palin run as Vice President of the United States?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) John McCain.

2. Barack Obama previously served as a United States Senator from what state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Washington.

3. AIG was listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average from _________ to September 22, 2008.
(a) March 12, 2008.
(b) August 5, 2003.
(c) April 8, 2004.
(d) September 19, 2005.

4. Of what descent was Alan Greenspan's father?
(a) Russian-Jewish.
(b) Romanian-Jewish.
(c) Hungarian-Jewish.
(d) Middle Eastern.

5. According to the author in Chapter 4: Blowout - The Commodities Bubble, speculators took over the commodities market and by 2008, what percent of commodity exchanges was speculative?
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 80.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1948 to 1953, Alan Greenspan worked as an economic analyst at what business and industry oriented think-tank in New York City?

2. In what year did Alan Greenspan tell Congress that the risk involved in derivatives was "negligible"?

3. Where did Alan Greenspan study clarinet from 1943 to 1944?

4. What refers to the part of the economy which is run by private individuals or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the state?

5. Where are the headquarters of Deutsche Bank?

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