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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Blowout - The Commodities Bubble.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eljon Williams contacted what firm to help him get a home loan with a fixed mortgage?
(a) Solomon Edwards.
(b) Merrill Lynch.
(c) Goldman-Sachs.
(d) Wachovia.

2. Since 2002, Deutsche Bank's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Group Executive Committee has been __________.
(a) Michel Slosovik.
(b) Joel Hosey.
(c) Josef Ackermann.
(d) Jan Leys.

3. Who is the protagonist of Atlas Shrugged?
(a) Howard Roark.
(b) Michael Williams.
(c) James Edwards.
(d) Dagny Taggart.

4. According to the author, the Tea Party believes that the economy is self-correcting as long as commerce and _______ are separated.
(a) Government.
(b) Business.
(c) Derivatives.
(d) Socialism.

5. According to Chapter 4, Goldman-Sachs was the dominant index cornering about how much of the speculation market?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-third.
(d) Three-fourths.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Atlas Shrugged, a group of men break off on their own and form __________.

2. Eljon Williams learned that the firm which helped him obtain a mortgage had gotten a commission of how much money?

3. In what year did Alan Greenspan earn his M.A. degree in economics?

4. Alan Greenspan was born in what area of New York City?

5. For what magazine was Matt Taibbi working as a reporter when he describes having listened to the acceptance speech of Sarah Palin in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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