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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. Barack Obama taught constitutional law at what university?
(a) Yale University Law School.
(b) The University of Chicago Law School.
(c) Harvard Law School.
(d) Boston College Law School.

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?
(a) Stock portfolio.
(b) Hedge fund.
(c) Credit fund.
(d) Derivatives fund.

3. The Prudent Man Rule was last revised in what year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

4. The Commodity Exchange Act was established under whose administration?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

5. What company did Robert Lukens run in Chapter 4: Blowout - The Commodities Bubble?
(a) Lukens Sanitation Company.
(b) Lukens Architecture Firm.
(c) Lukens Construction Company.
(d) Lukens Roofing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does AIG stand for?

2. Who is the protagonist of The Fountainhead?

3. In December 2008, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced that he had leased out the city's parking meters for how long?

4. The three sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike system total how many miles?

5. When was John McCain born?

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