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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Hot Potato, The Great American Mortgage Scam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was based in what US city?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. Before declaring bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was ranked as the _________ largest investment bank in the United States.
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

3. The Tea Party got its name from what CNBC economic analyst?
(a) Anderson Cooper.
(b) Rick Santelli.
(c) John Anderson.
(d) Ted Coppell.

4. Alan Greenspan joined the Richard Nixon campaign in what year?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1972.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a public company that provides analytics and decision making services intended to help financial services companies make complex, high-volume decisions?

2. In Chapter 1, there was exhaustion because the campaign had been how long?

3. For what political party was Sarah Palin the nominee for Vice President of the United States?

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

5. What refers to a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price?

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