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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through For Chapters 11-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the author, motivates talented teachers to leave to go onto other professions?
(a) The uniform pay scale.
(b) Legislation.
(c) Supply and demand.
(d) Capitalism.

2. What is a financial term denoting a collection of investments held by an investment company, hedge fund, financial institution or individual?
(a) Portfolio.
(b) Legislation.
(c) Collateral.
(d) Security.

3. In Chapter 13, the author states that according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, over how many people in this world don't get enough to eat?
(a) 800 million.
(b) 1 billion.
(c) 350 million.
(d) 100 million.

4. What is the fourth simple need of financial markets, as discussed in Chapter 7?
(a) Insuring against risk.
(b) Speculation.
(c) Raising capital.
(d) Storing, protecting and making profitable use of excess capital.

5. What publication commented on the French president's desire to come up with a way to measure human happiness, saying that it's like asking experts to put a number on spiritual matters?
(a) The Economic Times.
(b) Investors Business Daily.
(c) The Economist.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an investment strategy that attempts to balance risk versus reward by adjusting the percentage of each asset in an investment portfolio according to the investors risk tolerance, goals and investment time frame?

2. What is a collective investment scheme that aims to replicate the movements of an index of a specific financial market regardless of market conditions?

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

4. In the Epilogue, the author discusses seven issues used to understand and improve the world. What is the third?

5. What term was first used in the early 1990s to denote an organization's reputation as an employer?

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