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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Great American Bubble Machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The three sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike system total how many miles?
(a) 532.
(b) 154.
(c) 581.
(d) 210.

2. Of what descent was Alan Greenspan's father?
(a) Romanian-Jewish.
(b) Russian-Jewish.
(c) Middle Eastern.
(d) Hungarian-Jewish.

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

4. Oil prices spiked to how much a barrel in 2008?
(a) $200.
(b) $110.
(c) $120.
(d) $149.

5. In what year did Alan Greenspan earn his M.A. degree in economics?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Henry Kissinger born?

2. For what magazine was Matt Taibbi working as a reporter when he describes having listened to the acceptance speech of Sarah Palin in Chapter 1?

3. What does AIG stand for?

4. In what year was Congress warned in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about a new world economic order?

5. Who is the protagonist of Atlas Shrugged?

(see the answer key)

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