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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Who Protects the Worker?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Restrictions of payments refers to:
(a) depositors inability to write checks
(b) government's refusal to pay benefits
(c) banks' refusal to give currency on demand to depositors who tried to make withdrawals
(d) government's inability to pay its bills

2. At the time the book was written, how many workers belonged to unions?
(a) one in three
(b) one in four
(c) one in two
(d) one in five

3. Children from wealthy backgrounds have better chances in education and employment. This it not representative of:
(a) equality before God
(b) equal rights
(c) equality of outcomes
(d) equality of opportunity

4. Equality before God means:
(a) personal equality
(b) the right to do whatever one wants
(c) the right to an equal income
(d) total freedom

5. An economic contraction means all but the following:
(a) lower levels of income
(b) decreased output
(c) increased output
(d) unemployment

Short Answer Questions

1. Originally, in the early days of the country, equality meant:

2. One way of restricting entry to an occupation or profession is through:

3. The United States banking system is:

4. What do higher union wages cause?

5. A coordinated restriction of payments by banks is used:

(see the answer key)

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