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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. The Commodity Exchange Act replaced what earlier act from 1922?
(a) The Farm Futures Act.
(b) The Cotton Act.
(c) The Farm America Act.
(d) The Grain Futures Act.

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

3. What are created when banks split their mortgage loan payments into three levels and sell them in separate packages?
(a) Incidentals.
(b) Derivatives.
(c) Collectives.
(d) Tranch blocks.

4. When did the Yom Kippur War end?
(a) November 3, 1973.
(b) October 15, 1972.
(c) September 14, 1975.
(d) October 25, 1973.

5. When was John McCain born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than ideological notions or moralistic or ethical premises?

2. Who is the protagonist of The Fountainhead?

3. According to the author, the Tea Party believes that the economy is self-correcting as long as commerce and _______ are separated.

4. Since the United States does not have a single-payer health care system, there are over how many health agencies, all of which have different forms and standards?

5. Who had to withdraw from a summer calculus class in San Francisco because he couldn't afford the gas for the commute?

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