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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Washington Redux.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Warren attended graduate school at:
(a) University of Chicago.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Columbia.

2. Which of the following was not some thing that Howard Buffett was against?
(a) protecting US savings bond owners against inflation.
(b) European grain exports.
(c) school lunch programs.
(d) the Bretton Woods monetary scheme.

3. A cotton mill was established in New Bedford in:
(a) 1890.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1875.

4. What term can be used to characterize Warren at this age?
(a) cocky.
(b) unrealistic.
(c) ignorant.
(d) self-confident.

5. As a child, Warren Buffett had a 'thirst' for __________.
(a) games.
(b) numbers.
(c) books.
(d) money.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the 1968 meeting of his friends, who was not invited?

2. What bad investment did Warren make at this time?

3. Warren Buffett was born in___________.

4. In early 1967, Buffett advised his partners that:

5. Berkshire and Hathaway merged in:

(see the answer key)

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