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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does NYSE stand for?
(a) New York Stock Entrepreneurs.
(b) New York Securities Enterprise.
(c) New York Stock Exchange.
(d) New York Securities Engine.

2. When did FrontPoint close its health fund in amid accusations of insider trading and an FBI probe?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2005.

3. Asperger's syndrome differs from other autistic disorders by its relative preservation of development in what areas?
(a) Linguistic and cognitive.
(b) Coordination and Linguistic.
(c) Cognitive and spacial.
(d) Linguistic.

4. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) A Death of Interest.
(b) Two Men in a Boat.
(c) Bottom of the Bag.
(d) The End of Wall Street.

5. Where was Ben Hockett on vacation when he hit the internet and quickly began selling the CDOs in Chapter 9?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Gutfreund openly blames Michael Lewis for what?

2. On what date does the author write the face of Wall Street changed in Chapter 10?

3. What is the title of Chapter 7?

4. Who asked Howie Hubler for money owed Deutsche Bank on the CDOs purchased from Hubler in Chapter 9?

5. When did Scion Capital close business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Cornwall Capital Management to sell off their CDOs in Chapter 9? How much did they make?

2. What took place as Steve Eisman gave a speech in Chapter 10?

3. What investors did Scion Capital face losing in Chapter 8? Why?

4. How much did Mike Burry make from his CDSs in Chapter 9? What was his outcome?

5. Who attended the conference described in Chapter 6? Where was it held?

6. How did Howie Hubler get involved with CDO trading in Chapter 9?

7. Who took the hardest hit from the mortgage crisis, according to the author in his conclusion of the book?

8. How did Michael Lewis begin his career as an author of financial books?

9. How does the author describe the events at FrontPoint on September 18, 2008?

10. What role did Ben Hockett play in the success of Cornwall Capital Management?

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