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

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

3. Goldman-Sachs argued that investing in commodities futures would reduce risk and yield __________.
(a) Speculative returns.
(b) Derivatives.
(c) T-bill returns.
(d) Equity-like returns.

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

5. What refers to the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being Utopian?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Communism.
(c) Dystopia.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was based in what US city?

2. Where was John McCain born?

3. T-Bills mature in what time?

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

5. What refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than ideological notions or moralistic or ethical premises?

(see the answer key)

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