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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Trillion-dollar Band-Aid - Health Care Refor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what process in which loans are split up and sold off to secondary investors as securities was used by banks?
(a) Amortization.
(b) Securitization.
(c) Derivatives.
(d) Authorization.

3. Who had to withdraw from a summer calculus class in San Francisco because he couldn't afford the gas for the commute?
(a) Leroy Marcus.
(b) Robert Lukens.
(c) Peter Carillo.
(d) Sam Serenda.

4. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1911.

5. What refers to a market for securities (debt or equity), where business enterprises and governments can raise long-term funds?
(a) Subsidy market.
(b) Bond market.
(c) Capital market.
(d) Derivatives market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alongside what Presidential nominee did Sarah Palin run as Vice President of the United States?

2. Who negotiated an Israel withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula as well as an end to the oil embargo by OPEC?

3. What candidate did Scott Brown face in the 2010 special election?

4. Alan Greenspan joined the Richard Nixon campaign in what year?

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

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