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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Biggest Asshole in the Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a market for securities (debt or equity), where business enterprises and governments can raise long-term funds?
(a) Derivatives market.
(b) Bond market.
(c) Capital market.
(d) Subsidy market.

3. Of what descent was Alan Greenspan's father?
(a) Russian-Jewish.
(b) Hungarian-Jewish.
(c) Romanian-Jewish.
(d) Middle Eastern.

4. When was Atlas Shrugged published?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1948.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Sarah Palin a candidate for Vice President of the United States?

3. What refers to the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being Utopian?

4. 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?

5. Who appointed Alan Greenspan as the Federal Reserve chairman?

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