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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. His best childhood friend was___________.
(a) Bob Russell.
(b) Bill Gates.
(c) John Buffet.
(d) George Sklenicka.

2. Warren married Susie Thompson in:
(a) April, 1952.
(b) September 1953.
(c) June 1955.
(d) January 1951.

3. Warren educated himself in all but the following ways:
(a) studying actuarial tables.
(b) reading business books.
(c) attending night school.
(d) running his paper route.

4. What did Warren do with some of the profits from his paper route?
(a) bought a car.
(b) vacationed in Miami.
(c) bought AT&T stock.
(d) bought forty acres of Nebraska farmland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Warren when his father became Congressman?

2. What course did Warren teach at the University of Omaha?

3. Warren Buffett was born in___________.

4. What was Warren's major passion outside of work?

5. Warren did not want to attend college because:

(see the answer key)

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