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

2. What does OPEC stand for?
(a) The Organization of Petroleum Energy Corporations.
(b) The Organization of Phonetic Electrical Companies.
(c) The Organization of Pacific Executive Countries.
(d) The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

3. With what Tea Party member did Matt Taibbi travel around Nevada in Chapter 1?
(a) Michele Bachmann.
(b) Bill Parsons.
(c) Sarah Palin.
(d) James Williams.

4. What does the CFTC stand for?
(a) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
(b) The Community Finance Trading Commission.
(c) The Congressional Finance Trust Commission.
(d) The Capitalist Futures Commission.

5. In Chapter 1, there was exhaustion because the campaign had been how long?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 18 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a market for securities (debt or equity), where business enterprises and governments can raise long-term funds?

2. In December 2008, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced that he had leased out the city's parking meters for how long?

3. The three sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike system total how many miles?

4. Where was Ayn Rand born?

5. In 2008, what 24-year-old of San Bernardino, CA, quit school because she suddenly couldn't afford the gas that it took for the daily trip?

(see the answer key)

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