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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Carpet Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. B built her furniture store into the biggest furniture store in the:
(a) city.
(b) state.
(c) country.
(d) midwest.

2. What course did Warren teach at the University of Omaha?
(a) Managerial Economics.
(b) Investment Principles.
(c) Introduction to Finance.
(d) Introduction to Economics.

3. Regarding his textile mills, in the early 1980s, Buffett:
(a) sold them.
(b) made large capital investments.
(c) continued to operate at a loss.
(d) closed them.

4. Buffett would only consider investing in social projects if:
(a) Susie approved them.
(b) he deemed it as a good cause.
(c) he personally approved them.
(d) they showed a rate of return.

5. The key question in the anti-trust suit was:
(a) the purchase price of the Evening-News.
(b) whether the Evening News had the intent to monopolize.
(c) the effect on circulation.
(d) the effect on the Courier-News.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was not a characteristic of a performance fund?

2. The Evening News' rival newspaper was the:

3. How much did Buffett pay for Nebraska Furniture Mart?

4. As a result of the end of the Go Go era:

5. Mrs. B began in the furniture business by:

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