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

2. During his economic studies, Alan Greenspan worked under Eugene Banks, a managing director at what Wall Street investment bank?
(a) Brown Brothers Harriman.
(b) Solomon Edwards.
(c) Simon & Schuster.
(d) Deutche Bank.

3. When did Alan Greenspan earn his doctorate in economics?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1970.

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

5. Where did Alan Greenspan earn a B.S. degree in economics summa cum laude?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Harvard University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ronald Reagan born?

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

3. What refers to an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities?

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

5. In Atlas Shrugged, a group of men break off on their own and form __________.

(see the answer key)

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