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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. What does the CFTC stand for?
(a) The Congressional Finance Trust Commission.
(b) The Capitalist Futures Commission.
(c) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
(d) The Community Finance Trading Commission.

2. When did John McCain marry Carol Shepp?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1985.

3. Richard Nixon had capitalized on the "forgotten Americans." The push to gain these voters was known as________.
(a) The "silent strategy."
(b) The "southern strategy."
(c) The Tea Party.
(d) The "southern cooperative."

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

5. Who had to withdraw from a summer calculus class in San Francisco because he couldn't afford the gas for the commute?
(a) Sam Serenda.
(b) Robert Lukens.
(c) Leroy Marcus.
(d) Peter Carillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. AIG was listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average from _________ to September 22, 2008.

2. What refers to a market for securities (debt or equity), where business enterprises and governments can raise long-term funds?

3. With what Tea Party member did Matt Taibbi travel around Nevada in Chapter 1?

4. What refers to the part of the capital markets that deals with the issuance of new securities?

5. During his economic studies, Alan Greenspan worked under Eugene Banks, a managing director at what Wall Street investment bank?

(see the answer key)

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