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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The Outsourced Highway - Wealth Funds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The three sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike system total how many miles?
(a) 210.
(b) 581.
(c) 532.
(d) 154.

2. The Tea Party got its name from what CNBC economic analyst?
(a) Rick Santelli.
(b) Anderson Cooper.
(c) Ted Coppell.
(d) John Anderson.

3. What NBC correspondent did Alan Greenspan marry?
(a) Alexis Marcantel.
(b) Andrea Mitchell.
(c) Jane Pauley.
(d) Michelle Kimble.

4. What refers to a form of government in which engineers, scientists, health professionals, and other technical experts are in control of decision making in their respective fields?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Technocracy.
(c) Plurocracy.
(d) Socialist democracy.

5. What do SWFs refer to?
(a) Static wealth funds.
(b) Static war funds.
(c) Sovereign wealth funds.
(d) Solidified wealth funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NINJA stand for in the mortgage industry?

2. Alan Greenspan recommended the Reagan era increase in Social Security tax, and the rate went from 9.35% to ___________.

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

4. What was the name of Ayn Rand's circle of intellectuals which was dedicated to relentless self-interest?

5. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was based in what US city?

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