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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Scott Brown earn his law degree?
(a) Boston College Law School.
(b) Harvard Law School.
(c) Columbia School of Law.
(d) Yale University School of Law.

2. What United States Representative said that Obama's health care initiative was a "backroom deal that had nothing to do with the public perception"?
(a) James Edwards.
(b) Ted Coppell.
(c) Anderson Cooper.
(d) Dennis Kucinich.

3. In what year was Congress warned in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about a new world economic order?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2004.

4. Where was Scott Brown born?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Kittery, Maine.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) New York, New York.

5. Where was Robert Lukens being hit with gas expenses that were suddenly doubling, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) Sacramento, CA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Westchester, NY.
(d) Reading, PA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under which President?

3. In international relations, what refers to a re-establishment of cordial relations, as between two countries?

4. According to the author in Chapter 4: Blowout - The Commodities Bubble, speculators took over the commodities market and by 2008, what percent of commodity exchanges was speculative?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the power structure of Congress change with Scott Brown's election in Chapter 6: The Trillion-dollar Band-Aid - Health Care Reform?

2. What is the commodities market and how has it affected American finance?

3. When did Richard Daley lease Chicago's parking meters? For how much money were they leased, as described in Chapter 5?

4. What did the news media and politicians attempt to blame the surge in oil prices on in Chapter 4?

5. What was the author shocked to discover from a friend working for a SWF in Chapter 5?

6. Where is most of the money in the American health care system tied up?

7. How does Taibbi conclude Chapter 4? What does the author remark regarding the motivations of the wealthy?

8. Who was responsible for purchasing Chicago's parking meters, as described in Chapter 5?

9. What changed the regulation for trust funds and pension funds, as described in Chapter 4?

10. What led to the end of the Yom Kippur War, as discussed in Chapter 5?

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