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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 an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities?
(a) Treasury market.
(b) Bond market.
(c) Federal Reserve.
(d) Stock exchange.

2. Who is the protagonist of Atlas Shrugged?
(a) Howard Roark.
(b) Michael Williams.
(c) James Edwards.
(d) Dagny Taggart.

3. Where was Ayn Rand born?
(a) Alberta, Canada.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) New Brunswick, Canada.
(d) Saint Petersburg, Russia.

4. The fundamental belief of what philosophy is that self-interest is a normal human state and interventionism by the government is unnatural and evil?
(a) Objectivism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Subjectivism.
(d) Pluralism.

5. In what year was Sarah Palin a candidate for Vice President of the United States?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, the top one percent of Americans own almost what percent of the wealth?

3. 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?

4. What refers to trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values?

5. Of what political party was Ronald Reagan a member?

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