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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Burton G. Malkiel in the Forward, economists often don't show a connection to what?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) Statistics.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Everyday life.

2. Arab members of OPEC alarmed the developed world when they used the "oil weapon" during what war by implementing oil embargoes?
(a) The Gaza War.
(b) The Yom Kippur War.
(c) The Torah War.
(d) The Jerusalem War.

3. Ross Perot ran for President of the United States in what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1992.

4. In what year did Douglas Ivester tell his sales team to pass free Coca-Cola around as the Berlin Wall toppled?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1982.

5. According to the author, the Hope Scholarships were a plan wherein students could borrow money for college and pay back their loans after they graduated using what?
(a) Government bonds.
(b) Interest free payments.
(c) A percentage of their annual income.
(d) Regular debit payments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are negative results which occur while trying to achieve a goal for the common good?

2. What is a financial term denoting a collection of investments held by an investment company, hedge fund, financial institution or individual?

3. The horns of the black rhinoceros are used to make what for the Yemenese people, according to the author in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 6, the author discusses poverty and income equality, using the example of what billionaire?

5. Douglas Ivester was appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Company after whose death?

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