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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through For Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burton G. Malkiel is an American economist, most famous for what classic finance book?
(a) The Wall Street MBA: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance.
(b) The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy.
(c) A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
(d) Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk.

2. Cuba remained a territory of Spain until the Spanish-American War ended in what year?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1862.

3. What contends that prices of publicly traded assets reflect all publicly available information?
(a) Adverse selection.
(b) Supply and demand.
(c) The uniform pay scale.
(d) The efficient market hypothesis.

4. When was Gary Becker born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1956.

5. In 1900, a pair of stockings would cost how much money according to the author in Chapter 9?
(a) $0.75.
(b) $0.50.
(c) $0.60.
(d) $0.25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the top 25 polluted cities in the world, how many are in China according to the author?

2. With uniform rules and regulations, the cost of doing business in the private sector is what, according to the author in Chapter 3?

3. Where did politicians try to deal with the level of pollution by limiting driving based on license plate numbers, according to the author in Chapter 2?

4. What is a Latin prepositional phrase meaning "by heads"?

5. In economics and sociology, what refers to any factor that enables or motivates a particular course of action or counts as a reason for preferring one choice to the alternatives?

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