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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 refers to a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation?
(a) Unsubsidized loans.
(b) Ponzi scheme.
(c) Subsidized market.
(d) Derivitaves market.

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

3. During what years was Ronald Reagan President of the United States?
(a) 1979-1985.
(b) 1982-1990.
(c) 1971-1978.
(d) 1981-1989.

4. Who is the protagonist of The Fountainhead?
(a) Dagny Taggart.
(b) Sarah Anderson.
(c) John Gatsby.
(d) Howard Roark.

5. Before declaring bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was ranked as the _________ largest investment bank in the United States.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a private, actively managed investment fund that utilizes sophisticated strategies in international and/or domestic markets, offsets losses during a market downturn, and/or generates returns higher than traditional stock and bond investments?

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

4. Ronald Reagan was the thirty-third governor of what state?

5. In Chapter 3, what fee did companies that would attach a borrower's name to the credit score of another person who was more credit worthy charge?

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