Two government-sponsored enterprises in Sylvenia, a European country, are involved in buying, reselling, and guaranteeing home mortgages. When these two enterprises file for bankruptcies, the Sylvenian federal court orders a federal agency called the National Mortgage Corporation to oversee the bankruptcies. In this case, the court placed the government-sponsored enterprises into _____ with the two enterprises.
A. an alliance
B. a conservatorship
C. a proprietorship
D. an executorship
E. a partisanship
Answer: B
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