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

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

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

4. What does AIG stand for?
(a) American Independent Group.
(b) American International Group.
(c) Atlanta International Group.
(d) American Industrial Group.

5. 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) Pluralism.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Subjectivism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tea Party movement is an American populist political movement that has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

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

3. Who was Vice President to Richard Nixon?

4. Alan Greenspan recommended the Reagan era increase in Social Security tax, and the rate went from 9.35% to ___________.

5. AIG was listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average from _________ to September 22, 2008.

(see the answer key)

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