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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it?
(a) Embargo.
(b) Observationalism.
(c) Emigration.
(d) Contextualism.

3. Barack Obama taught constitutional law at what university?
(a) Harvard Law School.
(b) The University of Chicago Law School.
(c) Boston College Law School.
(d) Yale University Law School.

4. In what year did President Nixon decide to rearm the Israelis, angering the oil-producing Arab states?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1973.

5. When was Henry Kissinger born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1923.

6. Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under which President?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

7. What candidate did Scott Brown face in the 2010 special election?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) James Alexander.
(c) Sarah Paulson.
(d) Martha Coakley.

8. According to Chapter 4, Goldman-Sachs was the dominant index cornering about how much of the speculation market?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-half.

9. When was Scott Brown born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1940.

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

11. The Prudent Man Rule was last revised in what year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1974.

12. Barack Obama led a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against whom?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Sarah Palin.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) John McCain.

13. When did John McCain marry Carol Shepp?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1965.

14. When was Nancy Pelosi born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1958.

15. When was Barack Obama named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate?
(a) November, 2009.
(b) October, 2008.
(c) September, 2009.
(d) October, 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nancy Pelosi has represented the 8th Congressional District of what state?

2. During the Yom Kippur War, Syria and Egypt attacked territories Israel had captured in what war?

3. What political party is Nancy Pelosi a member of?

4. Barack Obama previously served as a United States Senator from what state?

5. From what university did Henry Kissinger earn his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees?

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