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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1959, what percent of poor families were composed of a married couple?
(a) 75 percent.
(b) About 70 percent.
(c) Not quite 80 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

2. To what circle of hell did Dante send moneylenders?
(a) 4th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 9th.

3. In 2020 of every dollar budgeted for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how much did poor families receive directly?
(a) 55 cents.
(b) 63 cents.
(c) 22 cents.
(d) 15 cents.

4. What was the top maginal tax rate in 1975?
(a) 50%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 25%.

5. When awareness was raised and red tape and hassle cut, by what rate did the elderly enroll in food stamps?
(a) Quintupled.
(b) Quadrupled.
(c) Doubled.
(d) Tripled.

Short Answer Questions

1. For four months during the COVID pandemic, how much did unemployed Americans received on top of their regular stipend weekly?

2. How many premature deaths did a study find could have been prevented in New York City from 2008 to 2012 if the city's minimum wage had been $15 an hour?

3. In 2019, how much did the largest banks in America charge customer in overdraft fees?

4. What was the minimum wage in 1946?

5. When did Kansas senator Roger Marshall declare that the main "impediment" (85) to his state's sagging labor market was unemployment insurance paying people not to work?

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