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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 was born in what area of New York City?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Astoria, Queens.
(c) Washington Heights.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

3. 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) Pluralism.
(b) Subjectivism.
(c) Objectivism.
(d) Absurdism.

4. What NBC correspondent did Alan Greenspan marry?
(a) Michelle Kimble.
(b) Alexis Marcantel.
(c) Jane Pauley.
(d) Andrea Mitchell.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alongside what Presidential nominee did Sarah Palin run as Vice President of the United States?

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. Where did Matt Taibbi hear Sarah Palin's acceptance speech in Chapter 1?

5. In 2002, less than how much worth of subprime loans was approved?

(see the answer key)

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