The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

G. Edward Griffin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 218 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

G. Edward Griffin
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I. What Creature Is This? Chapter 4 Home Sweet Loan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was First Pennsylvania Bank bailed out?
(a) First Pennsylvania Bank was bailed out in 1980.
(b) First Pennsylvania Bank was bailed out in 1972.
(c) First Pennsylvania Bank was bailed out in 1975.
(d) First Pennsylvania Bank was bailed out in 1973.

2. If the debtors stopped paying banks altogether, what action would the Federal Reserve System take?
(a) If the debtors stopped paying altogether, the Federal Reserve System gave the banks more money.
(b) If the debtors stopped paying altogether, the Federal Reserve System fined them.
(c) If the debtors stopped paying altogether, the Federal Reserve System filed suit in Federal Court.
(d) If the debtors stopped paying altogether, the Federal Reserve System refused to back the bad debt.

3. What new way of home ownership emerged in the 1980s?
(a) Condominiums became a new way to buy a home.
(b) A government sponsored home buyer's savings program was established.
(c) The government incentivized buyers to buy foreclosed upon homes.
(d) Housing co-ops became another way to buy a home.

4. When the entire banking system failed, what did the Federal government turn to to bolster the failed back up system?
(a) When the whole banking system collapsed, money from newly issued government bonds went into bolstering the failed system back up.
(b) When the whole banking system collapsed, foreign investments went into bolstering the failed system back up.
(c) When the whole banking system collapsed, taxpayer money went into bolstering the failed system back up.
(d) When the whole banking system collapsed, the debt ceiling was raised to bolster the failed system back up.

5. Who was the mastermind behind the Federal Reserve?
(a) Alexander Hamilton was the mastermind behind the Federal Reserve.
(b) Henry Kissinger was the mastermind behind the Federal Reserve.
(c) Paul Moritz Warburg was the mastermind behind the Federal Reserve.
(d) Thomas Jefferson was the mastermind behind the Federal Reserve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What may have contributed to the problems of the S&Ls in the 1980s?

2. What action was taken by the Federal Reserve during the 1980s S&L crisis?

3. What resulted from the 1970 Penn Central Railroad bailout?

4. How is the Federal Reserve System reviewed in general?

5. What major banks failed in 1972?

(see the answer key)

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