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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. Eljon Williams contacted what firm to help him get a home loan with a fixed mortgage?
(a) Merrill Lynch.
(b) Solomon Edwards.
(c) Goldman-Sachs.
(d) Wachovia.

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

3. The CFTC was created in what year?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1958.

4. In Atlas Shrugged, a group of men break off on their own and form __________.
(a) A free-market society.
(b) A Communist society.
(c) A dystopian society.
(d) A Socialist society.

5. The Tea Party movement is an American populist political movement that has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2008.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lehman Brothers declare bankruptcy?

2. Where was Ayn Rand born?

3. When was Atlas Shrugged published?

4. A new investment vehicle called index speculation was comprised of two main indices which were the Goldman-Sachs Commodity Index and ____________.

5. According to the author, in his years of power, Alan Greenspan was able to turn the Federal Reserve into what?

(see the answer key)

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