'Mad Money' Culture Quiz

Jim Cramer educates and entertains "Mad Money" viewers and readers nightly, not only about financial markets but also about French socialist literature, modest proposals and home-run hitters. Take our "Mad Money" culture quiz this week when Cramer tries to save 7 million homes, then check back next Friday for a new set of teasers.

(You'll find the answers at the end of the quiz.)

1. In honor of Monday's 287-point Dow gain, Cramer read from what book?

1. Candide: or, The Optimist
2. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
3. Pollyanna
4. My Pet Goat

2. On his show about the Fed finally getting a clue and Unilever's(UN Quote - Cramer on UN - Stock Picks) planned layoffs of 20,000 employees, Cramer said, "Maybe I'll do a show called ____."

1. Mad About Unilever
2. Mad Bull Disease
3. Mad Liberals
4. Mad Industrial Workers of the World

3. Cramer quoted this person during one of his sessions where he begged the government for a rate cut:

1. "You're either part of the problem or part of the solution." -- Eldridge Cleaver
2. "Were we to be directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread." -- Thomas Jefferson
3. "You don't pay taxes -- they take taxes." -- Chris Rock
4. "You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper." -- Larry Flynt

4. St. Louis Fed Bank President William Poole has "a frightening lack of awareness and compassion," said Cramer, who called him "the _____ of the Fed."

1. Homer Simpson
2. Marie Antoinette
3. Inspector Javert
4. Sheriff of Nottingham

5. Cramer told a caller who asked about lenders that he believes that not having a lot of evictions is a good thing. "But just call me someone who has read too much ________."

1. Emile Zola
2. Charles Dickens
3. Lorraine Hansberry
4. Grapes of Wrath

Bonus: On a show where he said that Countrywide Financial (CFC Quote - Cramer on CFC - Stock Picks) and Washington Mutual (WM Quote - Cramer on WM - Stock Picks) need to be sold, whom did Cramer say specifically responded to his "rant heard round the world"?

1. French mortgage bond swillers
2. Barry Bonds
3. Every morning news show
4. Unconverted Uncle Ben

1 What would best describe your stance heading into the coming week of trading? Bullish Bearish Neutral 2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities 3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities View the results without voting