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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. Where did Matt Taibbi hear Sarah Palin's acceptance speech in Chapter 1?
(a) The Superdome, New Orleans, LA.
(b) The Xcel Center in St. Paul, MN.
(c) Wall Street, New York, NY.
(d) The Hewlitt Packard Center, San Jose, CA.
2. The Prudent Man Rule is based on common law stemming from what Massachusetts court decision?
(a) Anderson and Smith v. Amory.
(b) Harvard College v. Amory.
(c) Amory v. Harvard College.
(d) Yale College v. Harvard University.
3. Who had to withdraw from a summer calculus class in San Francisco because he couldn't afford the gas for the commute?
(a) Peter Carillo.
(b) Leroy Marcus.
(c) Sam Serenda.
(d) Robert Lukens.
4. Ronald Reagan was the thirty-third governor of what state?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Washington.
5. Oil prices spiked to how much a barrel in 2008?
(a) $200.
(b) $110.
(c) $120.
(d) $149.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the Yom Kippur War begin?
2. The fundamental belief of what philosophy is that self-interest is a normal human state and interventionism by the government is unnatural and evil?
3. What does NINJA stand for in the mortgage industry?
4. What involves an exchange of the defaulted loan instrument (and with it the right to recover the default loan at some later time) for immediate money - usually the face value of the loan?
5. The CFTC was created in what year?
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