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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. What is an independent self-regulatory organization and watchdog of the commodities and futures industry in the United States?
(a) The Wikileaks Watchdog Corporation.
(b) The Congressional Finance Commission.
(c) The Farm Futures Commission.
(d) The National Futures Association.

2. When was Scott Brown born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1959.

3. The Prudent Man Rule is based on common law stemming from what Massachusetts court decision?
(a) Yale College v. Harvard University.
(b) Amory v. Harvard College.
(c) Harvard College v. Amory.
(d) Anderson and Smith v. Amory.

4. Scott Brown succeeded what United States Senator?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) James Edwards.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

5. According to the author, in his years of power, Alan Greenspan was able to turn the Federal Reserve into what?
(a) A place of integrity and fairness.
(b) A Socialist mechanism.
(c) A bail-out mechanism for the ultra-rich.
(d) An establishment for the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What United States Representative said that Obama's health care initiative was a "backroom deal that had nothing to do with the public perception"?

2. The Prudent Man Rule was last revised in what year?

3. Who is the protagonist of Atlas Shrugged?

4. When was Barack Obama inaugurated as President of the United States?

5. When was Nancy Pelosi born?

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