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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Great American Bubble Machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his economic studies, Alan Greenspan worked under Eugene Banks, a managing director at what Wall Street investment bank?
(a) Deutche Bank.
(b) Simon & Schuster.
(c) Solomon Edwards.
(d) Brown Brothers Harriman.

2. In Chapter 3, what process in which loans are split up and sold off to secondary investors as securities was used by banks?
(a) Securitization.
(b) Derivatives.
(c) Authorization.
(d) Amortization.

3. According to the author, the correlation between decreasing taxes and rising prices from ________ should not go unnoticed.
(a) The services bubble.
(b) The derivatives market.
(c) The commodities bubble.
(d) The rise of Socialism.

4. Samuel Sachs was Marcus Goldman's __________.
(a) Brother-in-law.
(b) Son.
(c) Son-in-law.
(d) Cousin.

5. Where did Alan Greenspan study clarinet from 1943 to 1944?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The Juilliard School.
(c) Boston College.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. T-Bills mature in what time?

2. What does AIG stand for?

3. What does OPEC stand for?

4. The investment bank division of Deutsche Bank is head-quartered where?

5. Nancy Pelosi has represented the 8th Congressional District of what state?

(see the answer key)

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