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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. Who appointed Alan Greenspan as the Federal Reserve chairman?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) George H. Bush.

2. Where did Scott Brown earn his law degree?
(a) Columbia School of Law.
(b) Boston College Law School.
(c) Harvard Law School.
(d) Yale University School of Law.

3. What do T-Bills refer to?
(a) Tendered bills.
(b) Tranche bills.
(c) Trade bills.
(d) Treasury bills.

4. According to the author, the top one percent of Americans own almost what percent of the wealth?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Scott Brown succeeded what United States Senator?

2. In what year was Congress warned in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about a new world economic order?

3. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was based in what US city?

4. According to the author, the Tea Party distracts its followers from the real villains of Wall Street by convincing itself that what is the enemy?

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?

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