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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The Outsourced Highway - Wealth Funds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The loans on the bottom tier of derivatives were referred to as what?
(a) Top notch.
(b) AAA.
(c) Bottom feeders.
(d) Toxic waste.

2. During his economic studies, Alan Greenspan worked under Eugene Banks, a managing director at what Wall Street investment bank?
(a) Deutche Bank.
(b) Brown Brothers Harriman.
(c) Simon & Schuster.
(d) Solomon Edwards.

3. Who is the protagonist of The Fountainhead?
(a) Howard Roark.
(b) John Gatsby.
(c) Sarah Anderson.
(d) Dagny Taggart.

4. When was Alan Greenspan born?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1926.

5. The Commodity Exchange Act was enacted in what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ronald Reagan was the thirty-third governor of what state?

2. Where was Robert Lukens being hit with gas expenses that were suddenly doubling, as described in Chapter 4?

3. When did Alan Greenspan earn his doctorate in economics?

4. When was Ronald Reagan born?

5. Goldman-Sachs argued that investing in commodities futures would reduce risk and yield __________.

(see the answer key)

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