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

2. Where did Matt Taibbi hear Sarah Palin's acceptance speech in Chapter 1?
(a) Wall Street, New York, NY.
(b) The Superdome, New Orleans, LA.
(c) The Xcel Center in St. Paul, MN.
(d) The Hewlitt Packard Center, San Jose, CA.

3. The protagonist of The Fountainhead is in what profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Architect.
(c) Banker.
(d) Engineer.

4. The Tea Party movement is an American populist political movement that has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2008.

5. What refers to trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values?
(a) Bubble economy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Free-market economics.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what fee did companies that would attach a borrower's name to the credit score of another person who was more credit worthy charge?

2. When was The Fountainhead published?

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

4. From 1948 to 1953, Alan Greenspan worked as an economic analyst at what business and industry oriented think-tank in New York City?

5. Who is the protagonist of The Fountainhead?

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