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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. Eljon Williams had what profession?
(a) Pianist.
(b) Sheriff's deputy.
(c) Banker.
(d) Sanitation worker.

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

3. For what magazine was Matt Taibbi working as a reporter when he describes having listened to the acceptance speech of Sarah Palin in Chapter 1?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Wall Street Journal.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Men's Journal.

4. Where are the headquarters of Deutsche Bank?
(a) Bern, Switzerland.
(b) Oslo, Norway.
(c) Frankfurt, Germany.
(d) Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Fountainhead published?

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

3. Eljon Williams contacted what firm to help him get a home loan with a fixed mortgage?

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

5. What do T-Bills refer to?

(see the answer key)

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